Starlink

[plowhog]

I'm observing some significant speed changes when using Starlink. I've observed it on my system in CA, but the differential is much more pronounced here in NV. (Both areas are waitlist areas. CA system is RV and NV system is dedicated address.)

Yesterday afternoon a speedtest (NV) was reporting download speeds about 10-12mb. Twice it was below 10mb. A month ago, typical speeds were 60mb, maybe 80. Before sunrise this morning, speed was well over 100mb.

Measurements are not "pure" since my LAN and various equipment is also involved. But the LAN/equipment config has not changed. Streaming TV using Hulu chews some bandwidth during the day. But the speed differences I'm observing seem more than can be explained by that.

I'll try future testing (day vs night) with as much of my LAN "unhooked" as I can do. If I had to guess I'd wonder if my SL cell is getting saturated by lots of users on during the afternoon.

I'm not attaching any importance to the CA system since it is RV model. But my address-dedicated system for that property is in hand and waiting for me to install it this weekend. Once I am on that, I can start testing its speed variations as well.

 

[ponytug]

Same here. 42Mbit/s down, 2 up, with some real delays on occasion.

Solar flares? Oversold bandwidth? Hot weather?

No idea for the cause(s).

All the best,

Peter

 

[Raul-02]

I'm observing some significant speed changes when using Starlink.

I got T mobile's Five-G I Dumped it within the trial period because they kept lying to me about email. Worse the lies were different with each of the half dozen reps I spoke to.
One thing I noticed was that The speed test site Ookla, had me showing blinding fast speeds over 450 Mbps
BUT when I went on the internet nobody else was pushing data out that fast, so downloads for me were about the same as before.

 

[plowhog]

170mbps very early this morning. Getting 170mbps now tells me my SL and LAN is capable of such speed-- seemingly ruling out equipment problems or an obstructed view being responsible for earlier speed reductions.

btw, separate topic, my neighbor in CA received his SL RV. He is in a highly obstructed site where I was surprised a brief test of (my) SL even worked. As he gets days or a week of experience I will report back what he learns. His site is *highly* obstructed by 100+ ft trees in every direction with only a small hole/opening in the forest that his antenna points upward through.

 

[ultrarunner]

I would be happy with consistent smart phone hotspot...

The speed varies much depending on time of day or if a plane is flying overhead...

2.4 with Fast right now

Hospital campus has various providers/service and the public wifi is very slow and in room cabled fiber is 40 but tenant offices with Comcast Business wifi is 150 which I prefer.

During the course of my day I go from nothing to 150 depending on where I am.

ATT is pushing a 50 Business plan for $50 per month for those legacy still on ATT DSL.

The thing about DSL is it never stopped working during the extended power safety shut offs unlike every other provider/service.

 

[K5lwq]

My speed was lower this morning. 38mbps down and 2 up. from the iPhone to the router was about 40mbs down and about the same up. I did not pay close attention after I saw it low.

I rebooted the router and did not see much improvement. On my iPhone, I have noticed sometimes it will not go to LTE service when I start a call. I have found that if I go to airplane mode for about 30 seconds, then it will work properly again. So I just tried it for this issue and below are the results.

Apparently it worked. Lol

 

[ultrarunner]

I have to do this going from dining room to living room... totally different cell towers in 25 feet but it works.

 

[ponytug]

I would be happy with consistent smart phone hotspot...

...

ATT is pushing a 50 Business plan for $50 per month for those legacy still on ATT DSL.

The thing about DSL is it never stopped working during the extended power safety shut offs unlike every other provider/service.

Our experience is different. DSL dies 0.5seconds after the power dies. AT&T is not proactive about changing the batteries in the hutch that takes fiber and puts it onto copper about 3.5miles from here. So dial tone, and internet goes away promptly when the power is shutdown, or dies.

Anyone considering AT&T DSL should be aware that many of the electronics for the AT&T DSL service are twenty plus years old and are no longer manufactured: I know of one parts driven outage that last six months (pre-Covid!). AT&T told me that some boards are sent to Canada for remanufacturing, and can get tied up in Customs. (I have no idea if it is true).

All the best,

Peter

 

[plowhog]

Anyone considering AT&T DSL should be aware that many of the electronics for the AT&T DSL service are twenty plus years old and are no longer manufactured:

My ATT neighbors in CA (using DSL) are getting terminated if their equipment dies. The explanation is no spare parts.

SL speed (via my LAN) hit 220mbps about 5am this morning. A little after 8am, 67mbps.

 

[ultrarunner]

Our experience is different. DSL dies 0.5seconds after the power dies. AT&T is not proactive about changing the batteries in the hutch that takes fiber and puts it onto copper about 3.5miles from here. So dial tone, and internet goes away promptly when the power is shutdown, or dies.

Anyone considering AT&T DSL should be aware that many of the electronics for the AT&T DSL service are twenty plus years old and are no longer manufactured: I know of one parts driven outage that last six months (pre-Covid!). AT&T told me that some boards are sent to Canada for remanufacturing, and can get tied up in Customs. (I have no idea if it is true).

All the best,

Peter

No new DSL here but it was interesting when PGE had an extended power safety shut down the neighborhood is packed with Wifi.

24 hours later I was the only one and had neighbors coming over to use the rotary dial phone in the garage to make calls.

It was the only thing working...

Some also needed to charge their phones and had forgotten they could charge from car if they had the cable.

By the next big shutdown the providers had set up generators at the cell sites and many of the neighbors had bought Home Depot generators...

I have a big old Grizzley UPS the hospital got rid of 20 years ago and I have it on an old dozer battery... kept my wifi up.