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Star Link Internet in NELA
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:22 pm
Anyone have it up in NELA? I am in the northwest part of Ouachita parish, around the Calhoun area.
My options are very limited for Internet. Way too far out.
Everyone I talk to that has Hughes Net says it horrible. Same with Dish and Verizon.
Anywho, family needs better Internet service than what we currently have.
What are the pros and cons of Star Link Satellite Internet?
TIA and I will hang up and listen.
My options are very limited for Internet. Way too far out.
Everyone I talk to that has Hughes Net says it horrible. Same with Dish and Verizon.
Anywho, family needs better Internet service than what we currently have.
What are the pros and cons of Star Link Satellite Internet?
TIA and I will hang up and listen.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:23 pm to Reubaltaich
Give me some property details on what you’re trying to do? We have starlink in west Texas and run two houses off it with streaming. If you’re in the coverage map my experience is that it’s lights out good and blows away Hughes or dish.
This post was edited on 12/20/23 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:24 pm to Reubaltaich
Pro: it's fast and works well
Con: The startup costs are pretty pricey and the monthly subscription is a bit more than normal rates.
I've never used it in NELA but see no reason why it would work fine.
Con: The startup costs are pretty pricey and the monthly subscription is a bit more than normal rates.
I've never used it in NELA but see no reason why it would work fine.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:26 pm to Reubaltaich
We have it at Caney Lake. Works great. Easy to install. I unpacked the box and wanted to test it out before mounting my outside receiver and in 10 minutes I was up an running.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:30 pm to Reubaltaich
Starlink is the best rural ISP available now. Hands down.
Cons? Pricy startup and above average monthly cost.
Cons? Pricy startup and above average monthly cost.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:36 pm to Reubaltaich
It works well in BFE locations
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:41 pm to Reubaltaich
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:49 pm to Reubaltaich
It's awesome but expensive. Wr can have 5 or 6 devices going, multiple streaming very fast, so it's worth it.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:50 pm to Reubaltaich
Was going to do this, but then I got high.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 10:27 pm to Reubaltaich
Hughesnet is the absolute worst has been for years I’m similar to you with not many options but I plan on getting StarLink pretty soon I have high hopes for it
Posted on 12/20/23 at 10:28 pm to Reubaltaich
My sister lives in Union Parish east of Farmerville and loves it.
My boss lives in Calhoun and didn’t like it so much but, I think he has fiber and just tried it out.
Hughes net is trash.
I live north of West Monroe paid a pocket full of money to have cable run to my house when we built in 2019 and I’m thankful for it.
My boss lives in Calhoun and didn’t like it so much but, I think he has fiber and just tried it out.
Hughes net is trash.
I live north of West Monroe paid a pocket full of money to have cable run to my house when we built in 2019 and I’m thankful for it.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 11:09 pm to Reubaltaich
quote:Had it as the only internet option for a couple of years. Ultimately, Spectrum spent a small fortune to bring fiber to me, and we've moved over to that.
pros and cons of Star Link Satellite Internet?
Pros: It will work almost anywhere. As long as the dish can see a window of the sky, it will find the satellite constellation.
It's an easy installation. Literally plug and play.
Support is robust, and Starlink will ship you replacement equipment for almost any reason.
Speeds are impressive (especially as compared to HughesNet). We routinely pulled speeds around 100Mbs off-peak, and we never dropped below around 20Mbs or so. Latency is the real issue with any kind of satellite internet. I've seen Hughes test around 1000ms (i.e., a full second). Starlink ran around 30-40ms, only slightly slower than fixed copper networks. OTOH, latency drops under 10ms with fiber--routinely getting 4ms with Spectrum.
Cons: Upfront costs. It was about a $700 investment for me to buy the equipment. Also, the monthly charges were on the high side. I live it a high-use area, so my bill was $110/month. Starlink did drop some subscribers to $90/month in low-use areas.
Although support is robust, the only solution for hardware issues is for them to send new equipment. I had a dish, a cable, and a modem/router all fail over the 2 years we subscribed. They sent the replacements right away, but it took a full week for me to get the last shipment. That was pretty damn frustrating. They did adjust my bill on that delayed shipment, but we were still offline while awaiting FedEx to get here.
Weather can be a factor. Usually we only noticed service loss with heavy rain, but we would notice speeds drop off with "regular" rain.
As noted above, the overall speeds varied greatly. We could do just about everything we needed (WFH, some gaming, and shitposting on TD.com), but things like video calls were affected by the latency.
Basically, Starlink is the only legitimate answer if there are no other available physical networks. If there is fiber or even a reasonable-priced copper network, you will get either equivalent or better service for a lower price. Also, if you are dealing with a terrestrial provider, they will likely have available technicians to repair issues much sooner than Starlink can ship you a replacement via FedEx.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 11:36 pm to Reubaltaich
You can go to Starlink's website and put in your address to see if you have coverage. There's a couple satellites passing over NELA now so you probably do have coverage.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 8:38 pm to Reubaltaich
My sister has it in Bernice or near Bernice is more accurate. She had satellite tv and internet but it sucked, couldn’t stream a movie. Elon hooked her up with the StarLink and she’s streaming tv full speed. It’s not full strength yet according to their website but she’s downloading at about 50-60Mbps.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 9:07 pm to Reubaltaich
I live in Calhoun and have Starlink. It’s great. Only issue I have is probably 2-3 times per week around 9 pm, we lose signal usually for around 5 mins. The longest it’s ever been was 30 mins, which occurred 2 nights ago. This is with the antenna mounted on top of the house, with no tree interference. Once we got it, we’ve gone 100% streaming. Have been doing so for months.
I’ve had Hughes Net. It sucked. Don’t bother.
I’ve had Hughes Net. It sucked. Don’t bother.
This post was edited on 12/23/23 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 12/25/23 at 8:18 am to Reubaltaich
Works great out in Oak Ridge. By far the best internet we've had. And we have tried them all. Touche Elon
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