Starlink Broadband
Discussion
LooneyTunes said:
Geekman said:
Mine is pretty much unusable during very heavy rain / thunderstorms.
That’s less good! According to the app the location is good for starlink.
Might try it and see how we get on in the first 30 days.
Anyone else having issues today? I'm in Cumbria.
I can't even log into the support site to check the server status.
https://istheservicedown.co.uk/status/starlink/map looking here, there is a lot of issues.
I can't even log into the support site to check the server status.
https://istheservicedown.co.uk/status/starlink/map looking here, there is a lot of issues.
Just thought I'd throw up my experiences here. My company deploy with the US military and FEMA in response to natural disasters - in the last month Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Ian in Florida.
My part in it all is providing the software to run the show. Every year it has been a struggle when local comms are poor and we had to deploy our "traditional" satellite internet solution.
This year we turned up with a Starlink RV to give it a try........it has transformed our world. We even lost our first Starlink when the AT&T guy drove over the dish while servicing his massive array of antennas (which only gave about 1/2Mb up and down), so we ordered 2 more and had them in a few days (delivery time in the states is good).
Out the box in Florida it gave approx 150Mbps down. In Puerto Rico (which apparently has a higher service/coverage level) - have seen 290Mb.
Puerto Rico gets its fair share of lightning/thunderstorms and we have lost service altogether through these a couple of times - to be expected. Other times speeds have dropped in middle of day for no apparent reason, but down to "only" 50Mbs isn't the end of the world.
I should be bringing it home to Scotland in the next week - will be interesting to see what speeds I get there with more regular cloud cover (if it works at all, it is the US-plugged version so not sure if "RV" extends as far as moving it internationally).
Here's the dumb f
k who ran over the dish, with his dumb fk truck with blacked out windows.....
My part in it all is providing the software to run the show. Every year it has been a struggle when local comms are poor and we had to deploy our "traditional" satellite internet solution.
This year we turned up with a Starlink RV to give it a try........it has transformed our world. We even lost our first Starlink when the AT&T guy drove over the dish while servicing his massive array of antennas (which only gave about 1/2Mb up and down), so we ordered 2 more and had them in a few days (delivery time in the states is good).
Out the box in Florida it gave approx 150Mbps down. In Puerto Rico (which apparently has a higher service/coverage level) - have seen 290Mb.
Puerto Rico gets its fair share of lightning/thunderstorms and we have lost service altogether through these a couple of times - to be expected. Other times speeds have dropped in middle of day for no apparent reason, but down to "only" 50Mbs isn't the end of the world.
I should be bringing it home to Scotland in the next week - will be interesting to see what speeds I get there with more regular cloud cover (if it works at all, it is the US-plugged version so not sure if "RV" extends as far as moving it internationally).
Here's the dumb f
k who ran over the dish, with his dumb fk truck with blacked out windows.....Order66 said:
I should be bringing it home to Scotland in the next week - will be interesting to see what speeds I get there with more regular cloud cover (if it works at all, it is the US-plugged version so not sure if "RV" extends as far as moving it internationally).
Very interested to hear how you get on, I live just north of the Cairngorms and land based broadband is terrible.Muppet007 said:
Anyone else having issues today? I'm in Cumbria.
I can't even log into the support site to check the server status.
https://istheservicedown.co.uk/status/starlink/map looking here, there is a lot of issues.
I'm also in Cumbria and installed the unit about a year ago; we have not had any significant issues. Of course, the speeds drop with torrential rain or snow but considering there is limited mobile coverage outside and it dies inside, and the copper DSL service is around 5 Mbps (DL), it has been a significant upgrade.I can't even log into the support site to check the server status.
https://istheservicedown.co.uk/status/starlink/map looking here, there is a lot of issues.
The main issue I foresee with Starlink is latency and jitter. As load increases, latency, the time it takes for a packet to get through the space portion of the network, will increase. Jitter is a change in the speed of getting a packet through the network during a connection; although applications can cope with latency, jitter is more problematic. The newer Starlink nodes have free space optics for the inter-space link for increased capacity, but it looks like they are not enabled yet.
When troubleshooting the connection, it is good to ensure you are testing when directly attached to the Starlink router, and try to test multiple devices for behaviour consistency.
A cool site you might want to check out is https://starlink.sx/...
It shows you a simulation of the starlink constellation, their primary and secondary Ku links between the constellation, and groundstations the satellite nodes are using. Its not 100% accurate but it gives you a good idea of coverage.
It shows you a simulation of the starlink constellation, their primary and secondary Ku links between the constellation, and groundstations the satellite nodes are using. Its not 100% accurate but it gives you a good idea of coverage.
Leithen said:
Works well in Crieff.
Back home this morning to semi-cloudy skies in Hamilton, unpacked the kit, randomly positioned in the back garden (other spots would give better view of the sky) and it got 170Mbps down and 13Mbps up within 2 mins of plugging in.I believe I can switch service address to the UK (got it delivered in states) and spend up to 2 months continuosuly abroad before having to switch primary address.
Impressed so far.
I was emailed the rural offer the other day. £75/mth?!
Fortunately, after 2yrs of badgering and chasing, County Broadband are delivering FTTP to me on 8th June (in theory).
Assuming that goes to plan, ADSL will be ditched and the 4G router will be changed to backup duties with a 24mth data sim.
Fortunately, after 2yrs of badgering and chasing, County Broadband are delivering FTTP to me on 8th June (in theory).
Assuming that goes to plan, ADSL will be ditched and the 4G router will be changed to backup duties with a 24mth data sim.
Murph7355 said:
Blown2CV said:
i've managed to get the council to allocate funding to our FttP build, but the timescale might be a bit further out!
It's this sort of pushing that you need to do.The process is slow, but for us it will hopefully bear fruit.
My Starlink has been very painfully slow or no connection at all for the last 8 or so weeks unless you are within 2-3M of the router in the same room.
Frequent dropouts too
Contacted starlink about 3 weeks ago with a support ticket and the finally replied today to say they can see a fault on it with an 'ethernet issue' and are sending me out a new router, cable and adaptor, fingers crossed it fixes it!
Frequent dropouts too
Contacted starlink about 3 weeks ago with a support ticket and the finally replied today to say they can see a fault on it with an 'ethernet issue' and are sending me out a new router, cable and adaptor, fingers crossed it fixes it!
is there a SIMPLE way to make my IP address static?
It changes a few times a day as standard, and my work needs to map my IP to a secure system so i can access it, meaning 1-2 times a day Im having to bug my IT department to update my IP. im the only person in the company that has to do this (and the only one with starlink)
It changes a few times a day as standard, and my work needs to map my IP to a secure system so i can access it, meaning 1-2 times a day Im having to bug my IT department to update my IP. im the only person in the company that has to do this (and the only one with starlink)
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