ponytug
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The current line is about 37N. Best to check over on Reddit.I may have missed it, but has anyone in the Deep South received the equipment. Say below a line south of Tennessee?
All the best, Peter
The current line is about 37N. Best to check over on Reddit.I may have missed it, but has anyone in the Deep South received the equipment. Say below a line south of Tennessee?
I hope there are 100’s of thousands like you. Should make Starlink even better for those who have no other choice.Monthly fees plus equipment charges effectively make this a $150/month deal in the first 12 months, and $100/month after that assuming they don't jack up the rates like cable companies do.
Compare that to the new T-Mobile ISP service, which I ordered in December at $50/month, with no data caps, no equipment charges, a no price change guarantee, and it relies on a more established and reliable cellular tower network.
I'm not sure that Starlink is going to be the amazing thing people were told.
I was told about someone that knows somebody that heard about a person. Just joking, i do know somebody that got it awhile back, he said it was working really good for him. In the Olympia WA area. He might have gotten in early as part of Life/Safety thing, he works supporting 911 center.Anybody in the Pacific NW get this yet?
Maybe, maybe not. Your system depends on a reasonably good cell signal and that's not a given in rural America. How long is your "no price change guarantee" good for, and what loopholes are there in it? No company can guarantee a price forever.Monthly fees plus equipment charges effectively make this a $150/month deal in the first 12 months, and $100/month after that assuming they don't jack up the rates like cable companies do.
Compare that to the new T-Mobile ISP service, which I ordered in December at $50/month, with no data caps, no equipment charges, a no price change guarantee, and it relies on a more established and reliable cellular tower network.
I'm not sure that Starlink is going to be the amazing thing people were told.
it relies on a more established and reliable cellular tower network.
I'm not sure that Starlink is going to be the amazing thing people were told.
I just bought our retirement home and found out that there is fiber optic running on our road, but it is not connected to the house. The provider wants $150/month for 100Mps download speed. This is the max speed they offer, with the fiber optic cable run to the house. I thought that speed was slow for FO cable. Then I got the quote for installing the cable to the house. Granted my driveway is fairly long, but the quote was $6750.00 to get the cable from the street to my house.For us, it already is "the amazing thing we were told". My kids can do their online schooling, and I don't have to drive 2 miles to a public high speed WiFi spot if I have a business meeting at the same time as their school work. I am certainly looking forward to when they get further along in their satellite launches and reduce the disruptions even further. However, I'm not totally blinded by the service: when fiber optic or cable finally reaches us (probably years away), I'll consider switching based on the relative reliability and value at that time.
That's why fiber optic cable is a rarity in rural areas.I just bought our retirement home and found out that there is fiber optic running on our road, but it is not connected to the house. The provider wants $150/month for 100Mps download speed. This is the max speed they offer, with the fiber optic cable run to the house. I thought that speed was slow for FO cable. Then I got the quote for installing the cable to the house. Granted my driveway is fairly long, but the quote was $6750.00 to get the cable from the street to my house.
Starlink is looking better and better to me.