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Touque Test Channel on YouTube often does light evaluations. They give you real world reviews and test results for lights. Actual lumens, battery runtimes, etc. They're great. Obviously for torque stuff too, like impact wrenches, drills, die grinders, etc.

I can confirm that it no longer occurs. Thanks!

OK. That is really odd then. Not a common thing for selective devices to disconnect and need to be manually reconnected. I was going to give tips if it was a different scenario but I got nothin'...

Get back to work. You don't have time for popcorn and beer... got to make us more videos... :)

I think this "someone is getting something at my expense" mentality is more and more common these days. To me that's just a fact of life. I know my industry peers get paid a LOT more $$ if they live in NY or CA but I'm not worried about it. Things don't cost as much for me as for them. Life...

Yes, battery technology improvements have been hugely impactful to these tools. I remember the days when they only lasted minutes. Now, my cordless tools and flashlights, which I don't use daily but get used nonetheless, can go months before I need to charge batteries. Only my Dewalt angle...

The Ridgid set of 18V cordless tools I bought back in about 2003 was ahead of its time. The drill, hammer drill, circular saw jigsaw, flashlight and sawzall have been bulletproof. Even the batteries, of which most brands were pretty crappy 20 years ago, held up pretty well over time. The...

That wouldn't surprise me.

Another datapoint that may help you dig into things: The prompt does not happen when the current page dynamically updates, such as when I post a comment to a thread and the page changes to move from my 'edit new comment' box to displaying my comment as a post. Or when the page updates while...

You guys are looking at it from the customer point of view. It's not going to make complete sense that way. Take a look from the business point of view. It's not profit or subsidy, it is customer motivation and SL steering product use into healthier arrangements. This is important to SL because...

nforktractor beat me to the screenshot. Yes, exactly that. Every single time a page loads.

Why am I suddenly getting a prompt that says "Are you a real person" with a 'Proceed' button for EVERY SINGLE PAGE LOAD on this site starting today? That's just crazy and ridiculous. What is going on?

When this happens it is only to 1 or 2 devices? The rest of the devices on the LAN can connect to the Internet OK at that time? Do those affected devices have decent bars of wifi connection at the time? Does your LAN have only the Starlink router or do you have other wifi devices such as a mesh...

I've been paying attention to SL discussions in forums, Reddit and FB groups for more than the past 2 years and I've not heard any critical mass of people who signed up for the unlimited data. Can't even recall anyone who said that, TBH. It was pretty well predicted that data caps in some...

Where are you getting those ideas about what is being said? Those are odd interpretations. This is simple supply and demand. If demand is high for scarce resources then prices rise and act to reduce demand. That's generally good for the system as a whole. Not good for some individuals, true...

I assume you're responding to me. I didn't say my service would change. I implied that service in a cell where some people have other ISP options would improve for the Starlink customers that needed it because they have no other viable options. And I didn't "praise" a cost cut. You may want to...

They tried that for a long time and everyone was spun up about being on wait lists. Guess it's hard to satisfy folks...

That's the entire point for the service is to have an ISP solution for folks in areas where no other decent ISP options exist. Anyone who has signed up for Starlink while having other landline options of equal or better speeds/data capacity should be using those other options. I see this move as...

On the FB groups they're going off the rails about it. I'm in an area of lower utilization so my cost is going down to $90. It would still be worth it to be at $120 though, so if it happens I'll still be using it.

That is an actual UL listing. Whether it is valid for the product you have is something you'd have to dig into. Here's the listing: https://productiq.ulprospector.com/en/profile/49413/iezr.e473857?term=Luminaires&page=68

This isn't 'per code' electrical advice, but in my assessment the rating of a switch is for how much current flows through it. If you have a switch with one or several lights that it switches and the total draw of all lights is less than 15A then a 15A switch should be fine to use. No idea how...

Son is going to need a little aloe for that burn...

There are a bunch of studfinders that can locate cold electric wire too, but how well depends on how deep the wire is. Hopefully in a box the wire is pretty close to drywall back.

Bulleit Rye is my go-to. Maker's Mark is great also.

Better than the "cop can disable vehicle remotely" idea, for sure.

Don't the outlet boxes stick out 1/2" from the stud (or in your case, the OSB surface) to protrude through to the surface of the sheetrock? If so, how in the heck could they cover them without bowing out the sheetrock?? If not, doesn't that create a problem mounting the switch or outlet to the box?

Why does it seem like these 'safety features' are always so poorly designed and impractical to deal? That they either cause people to eliminate them or they actually create more problems than they fix? I'm pretty sure the fuel spilled by folks filling due to the damn screen in the can causes far...

Yep. That's what the tractor is designed for. And that RPM is probably where the tractor is making peak HP/power. It's the RPM that *should* be used for running a PTO-driven implement. Certainly there are situations where load is light and rotating speed isn't important and you can run at...

Maybe, but every situation is different. Some kids are around things all the time and have parents who teach them well. I know of a farming family whose 10 year old run the grain cart (YouTube 'Millennial Farmer'). Pulling a 70k cart with an 8-series Deere. Well supervised and capable of it...

We agree that we're each entitled to our own opinion. Just not to force it on others.

Having government continually apply more and more rules & laws and dictate behaviors towards and end goal that reduces independence and freedom of choice is pretty substantive in my book. You're welcome to think otherwise, but this is America and that direction isn't compatible.

Here's some additional detail on the plans: The normal RV version can be used anywhere (at least anywhere within your country). Its service is at a lower level of prioritization compared to residential or business service in the cell you happen to be in at the time. Not intended to be used on a...

If you think people's concerns are about a small screen in a fuel can you really don't understand their position. Not in the least.

To back up what Peter said, I know for a fact that the Starlink cable is susceptible to issues from compression. When I first got my gen1 dish system I ran the dish cable through a window out into the lawn as a test setup. I had some network disruption problems right off and ultimately it was...

The world where the infrastructure is over fiber but the customer subscribes to a plan at lower max speeds. Just because the pipe CAN flow at a speed doesn't mean they're letting you have it.

A huge part of why we've lost manufacturing and end up buying from other countries is that US has made things so expensive to do here. Regulations, lawsuits, insurance, high minimum wages, taxes, environmental restrictions, unions, etc. all contribute to making manufacturing expensive here...

Then that explains the speeds.

I hadn't heard that yet.

It may well be awesome compared to other available ISPs, but it isn't in line with what I know of from Starlink residential, generally. Just asking him in the hopes of being able to find out if his setup has something that can be improved upon.

Interesting. I hadn't heard of anyone on standard residential service being below about 75 Mb/s on an average basis. Also interesting that the dish reoriented and has better speeds. Cool.

Do you have standard residential Starlink service or 'best effort'? Did you mean 45 Mb/s speed average or averaging 45GB of data per month? If the former, and you're not on 'best effort', do you have any obstructions? 45 Mb/s is low for standard residential service.

Nibble, nibble, nibble... Just continuing to make things harder to push people the way they want things to go. Good thing replacement spouts exist.

I asked the same question earlier and someone said "that's the factory bracket", but after looking further it sure doesn't seem like it is.

Looks like the aftermarket flatbed was welded to the frame. Aren't you NOT supposed to weld to frames? I've seen stickers on many semi tractor frames saying that.

I'm glad you caught that and posted. Some time back I posted about seeing several Blackhawks visible in my state one evening and everyone told me "no, you're wrong, you'll never see them on Flightradar".

If it works for you, great. Enjoy. That style of satellite service would never work for me because the latency makes work VPN use all but impossible. But everyone has different needs and that's why there are different product offerings. As someone living in a rural area with very limited ISP...

Is it possible there isn't any conductive metal in these fixtures so there really isn't a need for a ground (i.e. a wiring problem has nothing to electrify so there's no risk)?

Pretty much every hard-wired light fixture (i.e. direct wired, not plug-in) I've seen and installed always had a ground wire. I'm surprised there are some that don't.

I've searched over and over and over and cannot find these particular lights anywhere. And without specs it's a crapshoot to choose alternatives. I can, sure, but someone out there must know who makes these and I can wait...

Are you trying to say that none of the units use a 120V 20A plug? That may be true. Most appear to be 240V units. I pulled up Gator's Google search and went to the 'shopping' view of it. 4 of the 5 units I looked at (all of them that I could find plug info for) said they use NEMA 6-20P. That's a...

And that's exactly why I'm trying to find the lights by themselves. I don't need a $300 'kit' to install some $50 LEDs. These lights they use are very unlikely to be custom made for BB, so they have to be out there somewhere. I just can't find them. And without knowing the specs and whether they...

It wouldn't be up to an inspector to dictate that based on their opinion. It's what code says. Do you know of code anywhere in the US that requires ground up?

In my 50+ years I've never seen a home or business with the ground on top. Besides, who cares? Put it where you want it. The orientation is irrelevant to function.

All there is is the picture from Bad Boy's product page for the light kit. Nobody here seems to have recognized the actual lights. It's pretty odd to me that these aren't some standard product offering by a known light maker. I find it hard to believe that Bad Boy commissioned the...

It didn't even look like the trailer was braking. All of the wheels are still turning... none were skidding.

Our current house has an electric water heater. It's a large capacity 'stored' type unit that heats overnight on off-peak electric power and then uses that heated water throughout the day. When we first moved in we'd run out of hot water sometimes. Had some help tuning it and since then never a...

My dish has been mounted on my roof since about a month after I got it, so April-ish 2021. I haven't had to touch it since.

Satellite TV can barely hold a signal while mounted stationary... Probably not going to watch mobile!! :-P

It is a gooseneck but it isn't there.

The guy in the video also pointed that situation out. It certainly could have contributed to the frame failure.

You're the one who posted bad info. Don't get irritated when someone points it out. He clearly mentions the overhang and having extra stuff (the cycle) hanging off the back multiple times. But hey, you're right... here's your ribbon.

Nice! Glad you were able to avoid the PEX. Believe me, I know the stress of drilling/digging into concrete with PEX in it! It's amazing what can be accomplished with the right knowledge, right tools and right parts.

You must not have watched the full video. He mentions that multiple times.

Nice! So you removed concrete full slab depth around the PVC pipe so you could straighten it?

This guy does a good job explaining the situation for this failure:

It seems pretty likely that the load moved. My guess is that they took off a little briskly from the intersection and the load shifted rearward. I doubt whether that's where they positioned the load and started the drive. I think the better question is "how about properly securing the load". I'm...

There's obviously a huge market for those lower cost units with fewer safety features. They must be 'safe' enough for a lot of people. I guess you're finding why there is a price difference between the China models and the US models... Those features cost money.

Seems like he was still able to move when the video stopped. Just probably needed a change of pants after threading the needle like that.

I posted a similar query a while back. I was referred to a hot-applied product sold at Lowes that I tried and had success with. The original thread is here: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/good-quality-asphalt-driveway-crack-filler.434999/ The product is...

That distance isn't really 'too much'. However, a lot depends on any interference between the two nodes. i.e. If you have metal walls or some type of electrical equipment between them, etc. In my house, which is a basically a two level 'ranch' style setup, I have the master TP-Link Deco node by...

The intent of a mesh network is that mesh nodes are spread out across the building but each node is close enough to another for strong signal, which it then relays on to the next node by distance. If you just have a single mesh node and place it far enough from the main router to only get 40%...

I understand how to adjust them. It's just that it doesn't seem to work easily. I press the button and then slide the jaws but I always end up going too far one direction or the other and then overshooting when going the opposite direction. It's just futzy. Sure, standard channel lock pliers can...

This is one of those tools I just don't understand. I bought one a few years back after seeing them touted as being fantastic. But I just can't find anything it does better than any other channel lock pliers. Plus it seems harder to adjust, which doesn't really make sense... it should be easier...

Don't be silly... This is the Internet... of course you do! That's why it was invented.

When I've dealt with situations like that (large purchases of cycles, snowmobiles, tractors, cars) any dealer I've worked with has capped the amount you can put on a card towards purchase (usually a down payment). Typically $500 or so. For exactly that reason... because it is going to cost them...

There's a lot to unpack there. First, if you're paying off the credit card monthly, which is what you'd do if you have the money in the bank to use the debit card, there are no high interest rates. And for the transaction fees, the Visa or Mastercard network is adding those fees to all...

Darn, this forum needs a "LOL!" post reaction...

You may be inaccurately assuming I have something like a cable-based ISP or fiber option available. That is not the case in rural area we reside in. I do have "few other options". In a rural area like I am, I have 4 choices: cell-based LTE hotspot, Starlink, DSL and a point-to-point wireless...

Dude, just stop. You're wasting bandwidth with useless babble. Nothing you're saying makes any sense.

Heavy snowfall can do it too. I think that's happened briefly for us a time or two. Though none of the SL outages due to weather have ever been as frequent or sensitive as weather was to our DirecTV service (that we ditched years ago for YouTubeTV).

Also, LOLz at the chain of comments. But, hey, let's get this thread back to the topic of Starlink... With a freezing rain carrying winter storm coming in tonight I proactively switched my system to pre-heat. Not that I've ever had to do it, but cleaning snow off the dish would be a lot...

Ah, fantasy land. Got it. Carry on.

What is your 'claim', beyond some random babble about "balloons"?

Harbor Freight was around 44 years ago? I would not have guessed that.

If you have one you will find many needs for it. Once you use one and see how they work it will just click as to the many things it will do easily for you.

One of the most surprisingly useful tools I've purchased in recent years is an oscillating tool. I have the DeWalt cordless version, but any would have the same benefits. They are just SOOOO useful for making cuts in atypical situations. Like cutting off the bottom of a door jamb/casing when...

You're funny. Well, not that funny. ISS orbits about 250 miles up. Starlink sats are orbiting around 345 miles up. Starlink sats are somewhere under 10 ft across (22 for the gen2). If you can pick out a 10ft item 100 miles away through the blackness of space above you then you have some great...

Indeed. Fixed it.

All well known and not relevant to my situation. Some situations with my work require multi GB downloads during the day and, with our needs for Internet for WFH, I will not risk pushing SL to the deprioritization point. It's why it is nice to have two reliable ISPs when you live in rural areas...

Same for me. I used the AT&T Mobley plan as primary ISP for a couple of years and at $20/mo it was a no-brainer to keep as my backup when I moved to Starlink. I dropped the $90/mo sub-5Mb/s DSL provider at that point, which had been my backup to AT&T. Both Starlink and the AT&T hotspot plan are...

I'd be right there with you calling the divorce attorney. Beautiful wood like that needs to stay looking like wood! Given the way they showing application in the demo video on the web site I figured the wood would have to be smooth to rub off the product. Glad to hear you don't have to sand all...

That looks like nice stuff. Interesting application process. Will you have to fully sand the beams smooth in order to apply it? Seems like it would be problematic to apply on a rough wood surface.

Curious how (or if) you plan to finish the wood beams once everything else is done?

DNS services are decentralized. The main DNS servers are the masters, but are replicated and cached all over the place. If a DNS outage was very lengthy (over a day) it may become a bigger deal as cached entries expire due to TTL settings. Certainly there are bottlenecks that would cause large...

Taping is the key to doing a great job. It's also the biggest pain in the butt of the painting process.

Definitely not. It's a valid concern. What should scare us all more than that though is a cashless society. If all our money is tied up electronically then disruption of the ability to exchange it becomes very easy to do intentionally or via an unintentional Internet outage. Similarly, the...

Seems like it was a global outage. Mine was out from 2:56pm to about 3:15pm here in MN. Kinda surprising that their infrastructure appears to have one or more single points of failure. I'd never expect something to take down service globally like that. They need better architecture.

Wow. That sucks. You've had some tough luck with deliveries...

Makes perfect sense... Foam is used to seal up foundation cracks to keep critters out of the house.

Ancient thread. My issue has been addressed and I have a good system for cracks now. The only opportunity for improvement I'd need is to find an applicator that is self-heated to keep the tar from cooling in it. But for the once a year I do this I'll just keep using the weed burner as a heat...

I have a 1st gen dish. I just unplugged it from power, waited 30 sec, re-plugged it in, then stowed & unstowed it and it is back. This may be the first time in 21 months of service that it hasn't automatically recovered from an issue. Anyway, it is back and happy and getting 127Mb/s download so...

No. I'm waiting for support input on it. I have a backup ISP so I'm in no rush. Rather not reset things if I don't have to. Is this something you're generally suggesting or is there a specific recommendation for this related to current issues?

Mine has been offline since 1:33am this morning. In the app my system says "Starlink is calibrating, this may take a few minutes". But it has been hours. I have opened a support ticket.

Main heat is a propane fired furnace. This year propane (we buy it for the season) was highest since we've been here: $2.10/gallon. Takes about 750 gallons a year. Since we moved here in 2016 it historically has been $1.00 to $1.40/gal. Supplemented by in-floor radiant heat in the lower level...

Ah. That's a unique situation. Throws a wrench into things. Sounds like you have a good handle on things. Only thing I could offer as additional suggestion would be to put some type of notification device on that same GFCI circuit which could immediately notify you of a power outage so that it...

GFCI is a fickle thing. I avoid plugging anything vital into one of those circuits. Can't the wife just run an extension cord and plug the controller into a known good non-GFCI outlet somewhere? Seems like a quick fix.

If your SL system has connectivity to the network you should be able to interface with it via the app (when your phone is connected via another method). If the SL system isn't connecting for some reason (i.e. obstruction, heavy snow/rain, power failure) then you won't be able to. When in...

I'm in MN and our 500 gallon propane tank it just sitting on some flat concrete blocks just big enough for the tank legs to sit on. It's even on a very slight slope. Never been a problem. I wouldn't stress out over a full pad for a propane tank. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever seen a...

Call it what you're used to calling it. It's nobody else's business.

You certainly can do it with a rototiller. How well it will work depends on the inputs. If the ground has a lot of roots or rocks that's going to be very hard on the tiller and make it a challenging job. Just a few and it won't be bad. An acre is a bunch though, so if you don't have at least a...

That's always a nice feeling! Good job.

If you have other hard-wired options they likely are just as good or better choice than Starlink. But Starlink shines in rural areas where no other hard-wired solution exists (or only DSL) and where cell signals aren't strong. A LOT of rural locations are not well served by cellular, and...

Compared to Tweels those are very cheap...

I'd suspect that the rubber thickness provides enough rigidity that the interior of the tire doesn't need to be at pressure.

Viewing cameras remotely would depend on the connection type. If your camera connects to a system which is managed remotely then the connection isn't likely to be direct and it would work. You can connect to the system's management servers which are on the Internet and your system in your home...

That's really close in measurement. Worst case you could have a machine shop turn them down to 1.75" for you. And cut them to the length you need.

That's really stupid. They should be able to swap service plans on a device as easily as moving a phone between plans base on IMEI. Did they make you pay for the replacement dish system or just require you to ship the old one back?

Probably blew a fuse when that wire grounded.

I don't think that's just a tire blow-out...

Read my post above... That's not always true! :-)

Yes, it is a fairly new SL offering. The perk is that anyone can sign up, versus waiting for full availability in your area. I think the concept is: Sign up immediately and enjoy it in a lower priority than full service and when they have capacity you can change to full residential (high...

True story... I lost my wallet some years ago. My wallet was a money clip/card holder style, with magnetic bill holder for the 'clip' part. I have a habit of what I do with it when I get home and there was no reason it shouldn't have been sitting on the kitchen counter as it always was. Looked...

Ah. Yes, that is a warning about what may not work well with Best Effort service during peak usage times, because BE customers get lower priority. In my opinion it is NOT telling people they are not allowed to do those things... just that they will have issues trying. And BE service is...

OK. But where did you get that "told to not do online gaming"? That's a pretty significant statement... Are you saying that SL has that in their terms of service or made some public statement like that? Source?

Where did that come from?? "Told not to do online gaming"?? Never heard such a thing.

Well sure. But technically possible doesn't mean likely or that a person can't be confident they won't. It's also technically possible that they will cut their prices in half but I'm confident they won't. Your post indicated you weren't sure how a person could be confident that they wouldn't...

Wifi calling is basically an implementation of VOIP on your cell phone. Your phone uses your wifi data connection instead of the cell tower connection to process your call. VOIP is a general term describing making a phone call over an IP-type data connection instead of over a cell connection or...

I *don't* have plain, personal VOIP service. I use various voice streaming services via Teams, Zoom, WebEx meetings and also WebEx Calling for corporate VOIP (which has an actual external phone number and can be called direct and make outbound calls to anywhere. They all work fine on SL. I'm no...

For my work (and my wife's) we use VOIP via Zoom/WebEx/Teams as well as plain VOIP desk phone service. And we stream video on those types of meetings. It's always worked great over SL. I don't have personal phone VOIP but no reason to think it wouldn't work just as well. Should be even better...

Well, I've been a SL customer since Feb 2021 and I've been actively paying attention to the offering for 2 years. I participate on several SL discussion forums, including multiple subs on Reddit. They've done nothing in that time to control or impact any type of traffic. Nobody in these forums...

That's not really going to offer you any insight. Speeds during low-use times will be full/normal SL speeds. How it slows down when traffic volumes are high will vary greatly. From a slight impact to reducing your bandwidth down to hardly anything. Someone else's BE experience will be nothing...

Again, "better" is subjective to ones' needs. For everything you think is better with one I can point out ways it isn't. They're different and sometimes one is a good choice over the other.

That's one specific vector for intrusion. Which can be mitigated with WPA encryption (standard, typically) and a strong password. Sure, if you leave your wifi network unencrypted with no password then it is wide open. Just like if you have an ethernet port on your deck. There may be reasons for...

Typically faster, for sure. But the secure part isn't a given. Traffic on WiFi is almost always encrypted in standard home and business networks. Unless you're connecting to a password-less 'guest' network in a hotel/restaurant all traffic is encrypted and a password is required to join the...

I'm confused... The small windows were blocked off because they let in too much sun but then you installed full window garage doors?? It looks great, BTW... I'm just confused.

I'm confident they are just cautioning customers about potential challenges. They aren't going to actively block certain traffic types.

My wife and I have worked from home for well over a year with SL as the primary ISP. It works splendidly. I'm on Teams/WebEx/Zoom calls much of the day with audio & video streaming, which is one of the more intensive activities for an ISP, and it works fine. With your unobstructed dish location...

Congrats!! Your hard work is paying off.

I'd say the SL dish "tilts towards the north" versus "points north". If you watch the OP's video you can see the dish in its final position with a slight tilt towards the north. It is more horizontal than vertical in orientation.

Yeah, I live in MN and am familiar with snow and Starlink. Regardless of the heater keeping the dish surface clear, heavy snowfall in the sky will disrupt the signal temporarily.

I wouldn't necessarily fault the company TP-Link. Wifi extenders are notoriously problematic. Mirroring a wifi network and halving your bandwidth (due to needing to send & receive over the same channel) are not ideal. I've had other TP-Link devices, including the Deco M9 Plus mesh system...

Starlink can be impacted by heavy rain or heavy snowfall. But it is way more resilient than the DirecTV we used in the past. It takes some pretty heavy weather to make SL go offline. For us that's tolerable since rural ISPs are hard to come by. We have another ISP operating on cellular as a...

The Starlink system itself is very easy. The complexity comes in if/when your home networking needs are challenging.

I have an original SL system which has a single ethernet output by default. I connected the SL router to a simple 4-port switch. From there, one connection to my TP Link Deco M9 mesh system which distributes wifi throughout the house and the two PCs which I wanted direct (non-wifi) connection...

If your first computer had disk and not tape storage you're just a youngster... I still have my Atari 400 computer and a 1010 cassette drive...

Check the status of your battery tender to see whether it is actually charging. A battery tender won't recharge a dead battery, usually. You'll need a regular battery charger if it was dead from sitting for 3-5 years. If it still had a decent charge then the tender will do fine.

Looks like you found a great spot!

Or possibly the landing gear. Maybe they lowered the landing gear before starting to tip it.

Yes... When railroads are involved everything is more difficult and harder to make happen. They have incredible powers to override state and local units of government. And everything is way more expensive when they are involved.

I have a friend with this message and saw another one on FB. Friend's service is fine, just the speed test broken.

Thanks. $250 is still more than it is worth to me. I'll find suitable pod lights eventually and do my own 'kit'.

Don't feel like you have to keep posting links here. Anyone interested in getting updates can and should subscribe on YT.

Innovation saves the day!!

Your obstruction page looks pretty good. Normally there shouldn't be repeated 'no signal received' or other disruptions, so keep an eye out for that. Even though the obstructions page shows hardly any red, that is more 'shadow' than I'd expect, so it could be that there still are some sight issues.

Can anyone with the RV system confirm whether the cable is removable from both ends (controller and dish)? I know someone who just go this system and they feel like it isn't removable from the dish side because that's how it came in the package. I've not heard of any rectangular dish that...

Very good description of things, and great to point out that obstructions should be checked in the exact position the dish will be installed in. I'll just add to the phased array part... The antenna itself is actually a circuit board made of up many dozens of individual antennae that can pick...

They aren't selling that service nor onboarding anyone for it yet. They're just announcing a future offering. You are mischaracterizing things. I'm not defending Starlink's current situation, just pointing out that things are not as you indicate.

That's really interesting. Never knew they could do cellular band at that distance.

Now show us it while hauling or towing something wrong...

That's difficult to answer. Because any speed test is only a test of the connection speed on the specific path between your system and the one particular endpoint of the speed test site. And there is nothing to base "is it accurate" on except a comparison to your own testing against that same...

What device did you test with? I know that AT&T has something called a 'stream saver' that automatically throttles streaming traffic to about that speed to conserve bandwidth on the cell network. They turn it on for your cell line automatically. And Fast.com is a speed test by Netflix, which...

That "degraded service" warning message was experienced by many Starlink users yesterday in many geographies. During that time my service was indeed impacted. I was on a Teams call at the time and was getting disrupted frequently. Fortunately it was near the end of my work day so it wasn't a...

That wording isn't in conflict. For the US they do not currently have data caps. Which means they don't have caps *at this time*. Nothing has ever said there will never be caps, and that additional wording of "at this time" frees them from some interpretation that there will never be caps. And...

It has said "not at this time" since the very beginning. They've left themselves open to whatever changes they choose to do.

Not a very big excavator. The boom must have been up. Unless it was being hauled in some taller vehicle, like maybe the box of a dump truck?

I always wondered about YT videos where the thumbnail isn't something in the video. Didn't know that is an entirely separate thing. In general I hate that because it is misleading. You see it a lot on things like 'equipment fail videos' or 'worst stuck ever'.

Wouldn't a roof mount be more stable than mounting on a pole? As others have noted, the new version of the dish comes with a 75' cable but you can buy a 150' cable to swap. If you need a longer distance to mount it you'll have to look at a solution where you provide power and weatherproof...

Same here. But heavy rain does disrupt Starlink.

Yes, that's the OEM and their light kit. I'm trying to find just the lights, hoping that they could be had for a lower cost than Bad Boy putting them together into a kit with wiring and the mounting plates. My initial thought is that I should be able to get a similar set of quality LEDs for...

That was a joke referencing how long it might take to drive a tractor...

Actually, bracketing an antenna mast to a building really does provide good support. I looked into a 50' mast I would have needed with a local Internet company that uses point-to-point wireless and the difference in antenna mast base was dramatic between a bracketed and a freestanding setup...

2 hours there, 16 days back.... :-)

This. ^^ Whether the dropouts from the obstructions will meaningfully impact use is dependent upon the type of Internet use. Some connectivity is resilient to drops. If you're loading web pages it may just stop loading for a brief time. If you're doing something that can buffer, like streaming...

Do you have a link for the actual LED lights that you're referring to? Or at least a model/part number? Thanks!

I have a Bad Boy Rogue zero-turn. Commercial quality unit, though powered by gas engine vs. diesel. Bad Boy does make the Renegage with a diesel though. My Rogue is a great unit overall. If you want a solid commercial quality unit check them out. I'm not 100% thrilled with the cut quality, but...

The cycle is the only tongue weight on that RV's hitch. The drawbar for the truck would freely pivot. The truck/boat combo is the only towing weight on the hitch. A small pickup and boat likely aren't anywhere near the towing capacity of the RV. If you magnify the image there are several cables...

The header trailer may have a GW of 20k but it isn't really hitting that limit here. A 40' Draper header similar to what is show above is about 7500#. The Ford in the picture above is an HD (3/4 or 1 ton) so towing capacity is in the ballpark of what they're towing. Trailers like that aren't...

Interesting. Surprising weight.

Is that the Amtrak crash situation? Do those passenger cars really weigh enough to require a truck with that many axles? They're basically just a big empty can with seats.

Fast.com (in your screenshot) has nothing to do with Starlink, so that's not going to give you any insight as to your LAN speeds. But in the Starlink app, if you open the Speed Test section, you can swipe up for the advance speed test section, which will allow you to see WAN and LAN speeds.

Not really beta test models. It was the first and second generations of the dish system that were round and came with a 100' cable that could not be disconnected from the dish end. The 3rd generation rectangular dish has a fully removable cable which, as noted, comes stock at 75' but has an...

Just make sure to use the obstruction checker tool in the app before you commit to a mounting location. Run it with your phone in the exact physical position you are thinking of mounting the dish. You don't want to find out after the fact that some tree or other object is a blocker that causes...

If you watched the video you'll see that he pulls the line out downward. I assume by that fact he must have already pulled the offending nail out.

Nailing through the PEX line, maybe?

Their description of the RV service offering explained that it might happen. The price for moving around into any cell regardless of availability is that the RV service takes a back seat.

"may" throttle, not "will". With AT&T they have that same restriction but I've never known it to be used in any of the semi-rural areas I reside in because none of the towers are ever near capacity. Prior to Starlink I used my AT&T 'mobley' hotspot as primary ISP for 4 years, often burning...

A zero-turn mower can be a great option for mowing especially if you have a lot of obstacles to mow around. However, whether a particular model will be capable or well-suited for a bumpy, hilly property with long grass is entirely dependent upon the features of the model. If your property is...

Are you able to otherwise perform normal communication through the system? A lot of people laser-focus on speedtest results and stats and find issues that aren't actually practical blockers. If you can stream video without buffering interruptions, connect to corporate VPNs, participate in...

What does the app say about obstructions? The packet loss and ping times suggest that you don't have a great field of view of the sky. If the app shows no obstructions then I'd next look at the cable between dish and controller. These cables are sensitive to sharp bends or compression (getting...

It might be better from a pure lighting perspective but I just don't want front-mounted lights. I nose into/between pine trees a lot while mowing (big pines I can't drive between but I still need to mow into the 'V' between them) and I wouldn't want the lightbar being the leading edge pushing...

The RV plan specifically says it can be used anywhere, even in a 'full' cell. It's just that your service on an RV plan is subject to being throttled if 'regular' users' traffic takes up the capacity of the cell you're in at the time. It says you can order it from a service address in a cell...

I too have had disruption during a couple major thunderstorms this spring. It is odd because I don't think I had any disruption from storms last summer/fall and nothing over winter. It's a bummer, but that's why we have a 2nd ISP as backup (both of us work from home full-time via Internet).

Definitely. Not saying it is bad, just pointing out that unlike the banter above, adding this type of service isn't some 'slap in the fact' to existing subscribers. Two different service levels for different needs. I think it's a great idea.

Found a link to the info. If you look in this FB group (public group, you don't even have to have an account or log in to view, regardless of what the preview below indicates) you can see the post with the terms info screenshots...

I don't have the link handy, but the terms of service explicitly state that RV service users are de-prioritized compared to full service subscribers in the cell they are operating within. Very explicit info that says "RV use is a second-class citizen compared to full service". In short, if the...

Thanks. Those were the closest ones I found to the Bad Boy lights. In fact, I had that page open in a browser right now while I ponder the situation. They aren't the same unit but size-wise they are pretty close. I just wish I could find the exact units that Bad Boy uses. I find it very hard to...

Not possible with Starlink. The Starlink system includes a phased array dish/antenna with proprietary connectors and needing specific control by the system controller. Starlink will come out with an in-motion setup at some point. They will probably utilize a partial dome phased array so that it...

That doesn't make sense. I'm not sure any orders were even accepted until early 2021. And until Oct/Nov of 2021 Starlink was shipping the first gen round dish with non-removable cable. It wasn't until the rectangular dish came out that the removable cable and 150' optional cable was offered...

Well, yes and no. I'm sure they will redesign it for in-motion use to have a lower profile and possibly be able to hold position with gyroscopic stabilizers or something. But even absent that the current dish probably does OK. It's phased array antenna system has the ability to focus in on...

RedNeckGeek: Do you see any obstructions showing in the app? That may account for the brief drop-outs that are causing network failover. To address your other issues (speed via different networks/routers) you may want to pare things back to just the Starlink system, using its wifi in close...