Starlink

[stephenh]

I have been reading thru everything I could find online about the kit to try to source the things I will need to mount it on the roof. Such as, what is the length of the cable that comes in the kit? 75 feet? and what about the power cable. I was originally planning on putting a pole out in front of the house, but that would require a trench across the drive, I don't think I could do it with only 150 feet distance.
I am going to use the S-5 standing seam mount kit. I am sure there will be some other pieces I have to buy. not sure if the pivot mount is what I need to attach it to the roof mount kit.

The supplied cabled is 75' and an optional cable is twice that. The power to the antenna is via the same cable.

 

[Alan W.]

T-Mobile phones will connect to Starlink starting next year

SpaceX's Elon Musk and T-Mobile's Mike Sievert announced the "technology alliance" at the space company's Starbase in Texas.

techcrunch.com

Just another proof of my thoughts.
They say lack of infrastructure and system capacity but turn around and put more drain on the system.
Instead of taking care of the customers that have put down deposits they go and sell what they dont have to another group.

 

[plowhog]

They say lack of infrastructure and system capacity but turn around and put more drain on the system.

That seems to describe current circumstances with rolling out the "RV" and "best effort" systems. Many see the "RV" systems as a thinly disguised circumventing of the waitlists for residential systems. Once the "best effort" system was advertised it seemed to entirely remove that thin disguise.

But there are aspects we don't know as well. Peter recently pointed out the delay of already-launched SL satellites to settle into final orbits and come on line. So if there are sats about to "wake up" soon, are we only in a short term blip between demand and capacity, or is it something more than that? And just how soon before the next gaggle of SL sats goes up? I don't know ....

The final chapter on SL is not yet written. I do predict short term difficulties, future price increases, and likely tying price paid with performance received in the future. But in the meantime-- the SL system is WAY better than what I used to have.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have been reading thru everything I could find online about the kit to try to source the things I will need to mount it on the roof. Such as, what is the length of the cable that comes in the kit? 75 feet? and what about the power cable. I was originally planning on putting a pole out in front of the house, but that would require a trench across the drive, I don't think I could do it with only 150 feet distance.
I am going to use the S-5 standing seam mount kit. I am sure there will be some other pieces I have to buy. not sure if the pivot mount is what I need to attach it to the roof mount kit.

I used a regular cheap bracket from Amazon, and the starlink pipe adapter, the antenna pipe locks right into their adapter.

Here is the 150 ft cable. It’s the only cable from router to antenna.

The end I’m holding goes into antenna inside it’s pipe.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I looked, and was unable to find, a financial article that discussed the recent FCC decision to cancel the $900M Starlink contract, and the impact it would have on the company. Lots of conjecture, but my take away is that Musk is plowing every cent of revenue into building the satellite constellation, and the FCC loss will slow that effort. To compensate somewhat, they're coming up with the new subscription plans to eek every last penny out of the market so they can continue the build out.

Here with the original residential service, I rarely see 100 Mbps down (right now it's 30), but that's still five or six times better than I had with HughesNet and most streaming services are still useable. As long as it continues that way I'll happily pay the subscription fee. I can only hope that the promises of improved performance do materialize, and like the wait for the service itself, just have to be patient and ride the horse in the direction it's already goin'.

 

[ponytug]

There are two power cables; one that plugs into the wall and the router 6'-ish, and one from the router supplying power to the dish (75-150').

Does that help?

All the best,

Peter

 

[plowhog]

Chinese scientists call for plan to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink satellites

Microwave jammers, mini-satellites and space lasers could all be used to scuttle Starlink

www.livescience.com

 

[WoodChuckDad]

There are two power cables; one that plugs into the wall and the router 6'-ish, and one from the router supplying power to the dish (75-150').

Does that help?

All the best,

Peter

Yes thank you. Since I am still building my house I want to put a power outlet close to where I plan to put the modem. I need to get out the long cloth tape and see if 75 feet will get me neatly where I want it.

 

[ponytug]

@WoodChuckDad Always good to plan ahead...

FWIW: I ended up putting our Starlink router in an ABS enclosure with a fan in a location that would provide good backup WiFi, if my primary router and WiFi system were ever to fail. That did necessitate putting an outlet nearby, as the Starlink router has a proprietary IEC power connector with a seal built into it which wasn't readily available...

All the best,

Peter

 

[plowhog]

U.S. court upholds SpaceX satellite deployment plan

A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet.

www.reuters.com