Starlink

[newbury]

Darn, I spent all that time building myths.

Myths are good.

When I was 12 years-old I developed this theory that the whole world was created for no other purpose than to make me miserable. Fortunately I moved on from that stage.

I'm about to believe nothing we see is "real". We are all in nutrient tanks providing energy for aliens who feed on our brain waves.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thankyou

Lmao

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Those must be the navigation lights on the balloons?

Geosynchronous balloons, lol. Maybe that explains why hughesnet sucked.

Wonder if my buddy who moves satellites around knows he’s really moving balloons?

 

[Citydude]

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 easier than cleaning ice off of it.

We just got 30" of snowfall and we never lost SL.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m getting freezing rain now, mine is still working.

 

[Cougsfan]

This doesn't directly pertain to Starlink, but does pertain to internet, internet TV, and some of the rabbit holes discussed in this thread.
Yesterday FUBO TV was down for roughly 8 hours. The semi-final world cup match was missed by FUBO customers. It was reported today that it was due to a criminal cyber attack. It may very well be linked to the same warped anarchist mentality that disrupted power service in North Carolina (that's just my speculation). My guess is we will be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing.

 

[bdhsfz6]

This doesn't directly pertain to Starlink, but does pertain to internet, internet TV, and some of the rabbit holes discussed in this thread.
Yesterday FUBO TV was down for roughly 8 hours. The semi-final world cup match was missed by FUBO customers. It was reported today that it was due to a criminal cyber attack. It may very well be linked to the same warped anarchist mentality that disrupted power service in North Carolina (that's just my speculation). My guess is we will be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing.

Now that the press made such a big issue of this, you can be SURE we will see more of this.

All the press did was bring it to the attention of every wingnut with a gun who will copycat the act. Very similar to school shootings I'm afraid.

It's long been feared terrorists will target key transmission towers, crippling the grid and causing widespread blackouts. All this incident did was prove it's feasibility.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Has anyone tried the new high performance Starlink?

Limited-Time Offer: $600 off your upgrade to High Performance Starlink​

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ LIMITED-TIME OFFER You are eligible to upgrade to the High Performance Starlink Kit for a $600 discount at $1,900, instead of the typical price of $2,500. This offer is only available through December 31st, 2022. WHY HIGH PERFORMANCE? The High Performance improves service in colder winter weather conditions. To see this in action, check out this High Performance in Antarctica. Additional performance beyond your Standard Kit includes: Improved weather resistance: Better at resisting water, ice, and extremely cold temperatures Better performance in the snow: Can melt almost twice as much snow per hour Better visibility of satellites: Can see 35% more sky, which helps with polar areas, atypical installations, and locations with unavoidable obstructions HOW IT WORKS By accepting the offer, Starlink will place an order for the High Performance on your account using your existing payment method on file. Your Standard Starlink will continue to work until your High Performance is delivered and online, or after 2 months, whichever comes sooner. You will not be required to trade-in your Standard Starlink to receive this offer. Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, CA 90250 | Questions? See Starlink FAQs

At $2500, ($1900 on sale now), I Doubt it will be a big seller unless you live in Antarctica

 

[LouNY]

I got that offer and looked and thought about it. As even with zero obstructions our connection speed is not as good as most people talk about.
I'm under 100 Mb down and 10 Mb up often.
This morning 59 Mbps on the first speed test and 77 Mbps in the second test, 12 -19 Mbps uploads.
So nothing like most people brag about but much better then my previous line of sight radio link.
I wonder if my low speeds are a result of congestion at the ground station my system links to, it's New York City and I already know that not much good ever comes out of there.

 

[IXLR8]

I'm in Virginia and I am routed thru the POP in New York. I find if I use Speediest.net to check my speeds, there is a lot of variation depending on which server I am connected to. It was even worse when I was connected to the Atlanta POP.