Starlink

[rekees4300]

11/3/2020

Elon Musk "Several thousand more Starlink beta participation invitations going out this week"

He also estimated the public beta will expand to the southern US, such as Florida, likely by January when the company has more satellites up in orbit to power the broadband network.

Elon Musk: 'Several Thousand More' Starlink Public Beta Invites to Go Out Soon | PCMag

 

[cqaigy2]

Where's my invite?

 

[Diggin It]

Starlink Beta Speeds & Latencies Revealed / AT&T Eliminates DSL Service - YouTube

Report about the need for Starlink

AT&T here in my area has opted to to go wireless for it's rural customers rather than invest money in outdated technology like DSL. It's their Fixed Wireless Internet and is more than capable of meeting the FCC Broadband requirement. It works well for me. I don't blame AT&T for dumping that wireline service but I do have a problem with them abandoning their customer's all together if that's what really happened.

Turns out that was all because the FCC under a certain somebody we can't talk about here changed the rules, changing Broadband from a Title 2 Communications Utility to an 'Information Service'.

 

[cqaigy2]

^^^^ Lol! ^^^^

 

[rekees4300]

Good news for CANADA :thumbsup:

SpaceX's Starlink Can Start Serving Users in Canada, Regulator Says | PCMag

 

[rekees4300]

11/9/2020

Canadian beta test invites will begin to be sent out this week

Beta test the Starlink in Canada will begin to be sent out this week. : Starlink

 

[dmccarty]

11/3/2020

Elon Musk "Several thousand more Starlink beta participation invitations going out this week"

He also estimated the public beta will expand to the southern US, such as Florida, likely by January when the company has more satellites up in orbit to power the broadband network.

Elon Musk: 'Several Thousand More' Starlink Public Beta Invites to Go Out Soon | PCMag

I signed up for the Beta. I sure hope we have service in NC in January and we get picked.

Later,
Dan

 

[MAD777]

Some of my original excitement for starlink has waned. I was under the false impression that there will not be a dish attached to the roof of my house. That may have been a naive oversight on my part but it's a complexity I wasn't counting on. Also the $500 fee and me owning the device and therefore saddled with cost of the maintenance and replacement of it in the future deters me somewhat. The $99 a month fee gives me only the internet as opposed to a complete cable package of Television Internet and phone / alarm services.

 

[rekees4300]

Some of my original excitement for starlink has waned. I was under the false impression that there will not be a dish attached to the roof of my house. That may have been a naive oversight on my part but it's a complexity I wasn't counting on. Also the $500 fee and me owning the device and therefore saddled with cost of the maintenance and replacement of it in the future deters me somewhat. The $99 a month fee gives me only the internet as opposed to a complete cable package of Television Internet and phone / alarm services.

I was under the same false impression. Recall reading several months ago that the dish could be indoors but apparently that was just speculation. For me it's still too early to make a decision. Many factors are likely to change when Starlink goes from beta to commercial in a few months. One factor that wont change for me is the 5 large trees near my house. I also don't like the idea of drilling holes in the roof but perhaps Starlink will provide more mounting alternatives when they go commercial? Time will tell re TV & Phone & alarm services.

 

[rekees4300]

I signed up for the Beta. I sure hope we have service in NC in January and we get picked.

Later,
Dan

700,000 signed up for the public beta. Dubious a large percentage of those will be picked for beta. However it is likely ALL of the unpicked will be solicited by Starlink post-beta to become customers.