Who on here has starlink?

Starlink will be 120$/month
Hulu is about 95$

If viastat is 100$, how are you saving 100$/month?

Just curious.

Might not be quite 100. A month but still cheaper. right now we are paying 295 for Internet and dish.

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I have fiber optic running through my yard for a business a couple of blocks away but I can't access it

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Having to watch LSU baseball on my phone instead of tv.

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For fiber. Ask about business plans. $100 or so a month is a pretty standard entry business rate. Even if they only give you 100mbps it’ll likely be solid and low latency. They may require time commitment to get around install costs. It’ll be worth it.
If you can watch games on your phone, a 5g plan may be possible. Depending on signal strength and number of people using the network, it should outperform starlink by a wide margin.
Haven’t heard anything bad about starlink, as it’s far superior to any other satellite service, but other options should be considered first considering your house is stationary.

ETA: didn’t read top post first. If you already have the equipment, it’s a safe bet and no contracts I’m aware of. You’ll be fine and if you find something better or more economical, easy switch.

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Because dish is 195.00 a month.

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boggles my mind in 2025 with all the Roku, Android and Samsung live tv channels that these companies can still get away charging that much money for a shitty ad-filled product.

TV channels with ads should be free and even then I can't stand to watch them.

I don't have Starlink but we looked at it as a possibility for connecting remote offices in extremely rural areas (currently using Cradlepoints and whatever cell service is available). There's a brief dip during handoff to the next satellite (the satellites aren't geostationary), but normal streaming buffering should more than cover it.

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I have fiber optic running through my yard for a business a couple of blocks away but I can't access it.

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I'm under the assumption that you feed the business from your home over the fiber?

If not you should feed your home from your buisness location. - if high speed internet is available at that location.

Also if your phone has a good signal T-Mobile has a modem/AP/Router that offers "up to 4 gig" which you'd probably never get, but even at 100 mgbt you can stream TV like crazy....just a thought or worth looking into. I think it starts at about 70 per mo.

Been having Starlink at camp in Mississippi for almost 2 years now. Works great and I do have obstructions due to all the trees. I have it mounted on the roof gable to get it as high as possible. Worth every penny.

Anyone find they have issues with Starlink during storms and such?

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Anyone find they have issues with Starlink during storms and such?

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I've had SL since 2020. We were in the beta phase using a first gen dish. We live north of CO Springs at about 7500' near the Palmer Divide and get some significant hail/snow/wind. Our first dish died after about 1-1/2 years and SL did diagnostics and never really figured out why. Our second dish lasted a year and died about a month after a hailstorm that went on for 30 minutes. Took out our roof and assuming thats what did it in, but not sure. Our third dish has been great for the past few years and have no issues.

There is very little downtime with the service and its worked great, even during blizzards, as long as the power is on. We have fiber all around our area, just not close enough by 1/4 mile. I'll probably go fiber, but having SL after centurylink (5-10 mbs) is like night and day.

Where I live I get one bar on my cell phone. I've tried just about every internet option out there. I had a cell phone booster and a wifi plan for years until the booster went out recently.

I bought Starlink instead of replacing the booster. Starlink is by far the best internet service I found.