I was fully expecting some Ansible after looking at the domain.
Don't worry, there will be some soon... https://github.com/geerlingguy/internet-pi
Setting up Starlink
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Re: Setting up Starlink
#292It's interesting that the post and at least one comment has mentioned intermittent outages. I understand that this is a beta product however can anyone speculate what might be the cause? Is it because there's no yet enough satellites in the constellation or is it that the rotation of the constellation is still be tuned or something else?
The app shows the reasons, typically around 1-2 hours total per day (usually After that is 'beta downtime', which is typically 10-20 minutes per day. Then 'no satellites' (see https://satellitemap.space), when there's no satellite within broadcast distance—typically 5-10 minutes per day at my latitude.
Hopefully the latter two metrics go down as time goes on :)
Re: Setting up Starlink
#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
FTTH seems to be fairly prevalent in new builds in the UK now; my house is 5 years old and FTTH is the only option here. This does rather limit your ISP choices somewhat, but you can get pretty decent speeds. BT upgraded me to 950/140 just last week.
FTTH with asynchronous speeds? Thats bullshit. The only reason for that is that they use cable or dsl somewhere in the path from you into their core network
I take it you mean asymmetric speeds.
It is done for market segmentation purposes, not because there is a technical requirement for it. Asymmetric vs symmetric is used to separate residential from business customers, and charge the later category higher prices.
If they offer symmetric speeds to home users, they worry that business customers will try to switch to residential plans in order to save money.
Re: Setting up Starlink
#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
But think what that means in terms of SOLID angle, not linear angle.
Orbital planes are so close together that it doesn't make much difference. However, now that I've actually calculated it, your sqrt(2) factor seems to be about right for the average distance -- there's too few satellites per plane in the current phase. In this phase Starlink uses 72 orbital planes, with 22 satellites per plane, so 1440 satellites in total (they're almost there). It orbits at 550km above Earth's surfa…
This is a great comment. Thank you for writing it.
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#295I’m in rural NZ and I can’t wait for Starlink to be available here (it says late 2021 for my area) I have been trying to get the local ISP to install their system for 6 weeks now, their service is just terrible. Installers don’t answer the phone, they make promises they don’t keep, I have the keep hounding them, and the ISP itself has a monopoly position so they are abusive in pricing and customer service because you…
It really is going to be save the government a fortune trying to get last mile internet to rural NZ, so a win win for everyone.
The only losers are the rural ISPs who everyone complains about. I am sure there are some great ones but the rest are going to disappear as soon as Starlink launches.
If you want to send me an email (address in profile) I would really like to hear how the setup goes when you get it.
When the sat-sat routing happens it will also be a good undersea cable backup Internet option.
Re: Setting up Starlink
#296Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably because a plus code is harder for someone to screw up. Find the place on Google Maps, copy the plus code. Rather than entering lat/lon coords... except did you get the sign right, or maybe you flipped lat/lon, or got a significant digit out.
Clicking on a map location in Google maps shows a context menu where the first entry is the latitude and longitude, click that and it copies it to the clipboard. No need to use a Google specific encoding.
I'm not sure that using Google Maps to demonstrate copying a single way of encoding coordinates vs using an open standard is a terribly convincing argument.
Having a field that takes lat and lon has all sorts of ways to enter data either incorrectly, or in an unexpected format - if someone has coordinates from some other source they might be typing it in, rather than copy/pasting.
Also, as others have mentioned - plus codes (or Open Location Codes) are an open standard that can be implemented by anyone under an Apache 2.0 license with a whole bunch of example implementations on github[1]
Re: Setting up Starlink
#297>Unfortunately, since Annie's farm was 60 miles (100 km) away from my house, she seemed to be outside my assigned 'cell' of coverage: It cannot be changed somewhat dynamically? e.g by call to SpaceX? >(she works remotely for Reputation) How's that relevant?
Because a lot more people these days are moving out to more remote areas and working remotely where it was just not possible in years past. Starlink would open up a lot more parts of the non-urban world to this possibility.
I meant mentioning company
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#298The cell grouping is interesting. A colleague likes the outdoors, so he's preordered one for his Suzuki Jimny, to mount on it. I wonder if Starlink are considering this use case. I haven't been able to preorder mine, because we're planning on moving out from the city to a small village next year, but the Starlink website requires a street address. Our villages are quite primitive, no street names (I think it's cos no…
"he's preordered one for his Suzuki Jimny, to mount on it. I wonder if Starlink are considering this use case." It sounds like they don't support a roaming base station for now. From the FAQ: https://www.starlink.com/faq Can I travel with Starlink, or move it to a different address? Starlink satellites are scheduled to send internet down to all users within a designated area on the ground. This designated area is ref…
I’m guessing roaming clients is how they are actually going to make money.
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#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is OT but can you share a little bit more about what it's like living in East Idaho? I grew up in Boise and now live in Chicago but with the way things have been going lately I've been considering moving back, and there's a real appeal to living in a smaller town in the eastern part of the state (my dad was from Twin Falls). Internet access is always a bit of a concern though, which maybe Starlink ameliorates? S…
> live in Chicago but with the way things have been going lately I've been considering moving back, I live in chicago( south loop/pilsen ) too. What has been going on lately that is making you consider the move?
FWIW I lived and worked in Chicago for 10 years. Never liked it. Expensive, and life just seemed really complicated. I always felt stressed out. If you grew up in a rural or small town lifestyle, it's a big adjustment.
Eventually moved back to my hometown and wouldn't care if I never saw Chicago again.
Re: Setting up Starlink
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
Relative to the helpful details on LTE you posted, though? (Obviously Starlink is incomparably better than the status quo satellite options...) Why do you expect better than LTE? And would you say more about WISP behavior? I know WISPs are all over the place, but in my small experience, a technically competent WISP will not look at your usage unless there’s contention impacting other customers. Like, Starlink has sai…
Replying to your reply, I don’t buy it. Your experience now on Starlink is analogous to being the first WISP subscriber on a newly deployed AP. Time will tell anyway. (And I will still be a grateful Starlink customer at my off-grid cabin, even with the throttling and caps. Starlink is a game changer!)
If your cabin is off-grid, why do you want to be online? Doesn't that sort of defeat the point?