Starlink

[BigBlue1]

While looking around for bargains at a local return goods store I spotted these.

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Have no idea what they actually cost.

The official Starlink gen 3 pipe adapter costs $38. Those are 3rd party. All of Starlink's packaging is well labeled with their branding and pipe adapter boxes are gray. I have a box sitting right here waiting for RV season to start. Not saying these won't do the same job, just clarifying.

 

[Alan W.]

The official Starlink gen 3 pipe adapter costs $38. Those are 3rd party. All of Starlink's packaging is well labeled with their branding and pipe adapter boxes are gray. I have a box sitting right here waiting for RV season to start. Not saying these won't do the same job, just clarifying.


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You dont believe that some Chinese company is manufacturing cheap knock offs do ya.

 

[BigBlue1]

You dont believe that some Chinese company is manufacturing cheap knock offs do ya.

Sure, why not? You posted that you didn't know how much those were worth and I provided the info about the official Starlink version of the product. Am I missing something?

 

[3930dave]

Regular YouTube has an ad free option but it’s about $14/month. A little pricey but worthwhile if you watch enough.

I took the advice (olde Firefox user already) of a smart young'un I work with, and tried Librewolf 1+ years back...... really liking it, and on what I run here, no "injected by Youtube" ads show, and with no lag, and Librewolf is open-source, free. (Meaning ^, if the channel owner sits down and reads an ad inline in the video-roll, you still see that, but easy enough to ffwd through that if you don't want to hear it).

I don't mind paying for Things That Work, but Larry Page doesn't need any more $$$$$.

Rgds, D.

 

[Alan W.]

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Sure, why not? You posted that you didn't know how much those were worth and I provided the info about the official Starlink version of the product. Am I missing something?

My reply was sarcasm

 

[nikdfish]

Finally ditched the copper connection. For the past 15 years its been DSL from Centurylink, then Brightspeed. The speed did improve a bit over the years, from 3 Mb/s to 5 Mb/s (at the peaks & upload speed never improved from the initial 640 Kb/s) but quality of service diminished over time. Got even worse with Brightspeed. No/little access to live help & then they were mostly script readers. Recently, we had 3 multihour outages in a 48 hour period, with support saying "everything is working properly". And, of course, calls on the landline had become 98% scams or telemarketing.

I bought a Gen3 package at the first of the year, but waited til better weather before getting a contractor to do an install. We put the Gen3 standard dish on the roof using the Starlink non-penetrating roof ridge mount & brought the cable in through the side of a gable. With our trees, a roof ridge mount was the only way to avoid obstructions.

I have been impressed with the coverage from the Gen3 router. I was thinking to add a Deco mesh package the day after install, but waited to see how things were working first. Turns out there was a decent signal throughout the house (and basement) Just with the Gen3 router in the loft. Even a usable signal reaching the standby generator's MobileLink component. I may still add a Deco mesh system at some point to get some additional options, like reserved IP's, guest lan connection, etc. but not in any rush at this point.

 

[ponytug]

Finally ditched the copper connection. For the past 15 years its been DSL from Centurylink, then Brightspeed. The speed did improve a bit over the years, from 3 Mb/s to 5 Mb/s (at the peaks & upload speed never improved from the initial 640 Kb/s) but quality of service diminished over time. Got even worse with Brightspeed. No/little access to live help & then they were mostly script readers. Recently, we had 3 multihour outages in a 48 hour period, with support saying "everything is working properly". And, of course, calls on the landline had become 98% scams or telemarketing.

I bought a Gen3 package at the first of the year, but waited til better weather before getting a contractor to do an install. We put the Gen3 standard dish on the roof using the Starlink non-penetrating roof ridge mount & brought the cable in through the side of a gable. With our trees, a roof ridge mount was the only way to avoid obstructions.

I have been impressed with the coverage from the Gen3 router. I was thinking to add a Deco mesh package the day after install, but waited to see how things were working first. Turns out there was a decent signal throughout the house (and basement) Just with the Gen3 router in the loft. Even a usable signal reaching the standby generator's MobileLink component. I may still add a Deco mesh system at some point to get some additional options, like reserved IP's, guest lan connection, etc. but not in any rush at this point.

Congratulations! DSL has gotten pretty miserable in a lot of places, which is no surprise as many of the parts were last manufactured 10-20 years ago.

You might also consider the Starlink mesh access points.

All the best,

Peter

 

[grsthegreat]

Finally ditched the copper connection. For the past 15 years its been DSL from Centurylink, then Brightspeed. The speed did improve a bit over the years, from 3 Mb/s to 5 Mb/s (at the peaks & upload speed never improved from the initial 640 Kb/s) but quality of service diminished over time. Got even worse with Brightspeed. No/little access to live help & then they were mostly script readers. Recently, we had 3 multihour outages in a 48 hour period, with support saying "everything is working properly". And, of course, calls on the landline had become 98% scams or telemarketing.

I bought a Gen3 package at the first of the year, but waited til better weather before getting a contractor to do an install. We put the Gen3 standard dish on the roof using the Starlink non-penetrating roof ridge mount & brought the cable in through the side of a gable. With our trees, a roof ridge mount was the only way to avoid obstructions.

I have been impressed with the coverage from the Gen3 router. I was thinking to add a Deco mesh package the day after install, but waited to see how things were working first. Turns out there was a decent signal throughout the house (and basement) Just with the Gen3 router in the loft. Even a usable signal reaching the standby generator's MobileLink component. I may still add a Deco mesh system at some point to get some additional options, like reserved IP's, guest lan connection, etc. but not in any rush at this point.

With gen3, all you need to do is buy an additional gen3 router. Those routers are a mesh router.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Congratulations! DSL has gotten pretty miserable in a lot of places, which is no surprise as many of the parts were last manufactured 10-20 years ago.

You might also consider the Starlink mesh access points.

All the best,

Peter

I had problems with the starlink mesh, now use a Deco mesh. Much better...

 

[nikdfish]

I did see they just added a $40 "mini router" to pair with the mini dish. It also works as a mesh node & has a couple of rj45 ports. I may pick one up to pair with an existing gigabit switch for servicing some wired devices.