re: Nationwide Starlink deployment delayed until mid 2022

Rebooted everything and it cleared up. It was awful for a while. Don’t know what was wrong with it.

Speeds are still a lot slower than they were when I first got it, but better than my previous options (although not by much anymore).

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Just in time for me, we are going to test it in a few weeks with Catholic High's spring game. We're going to use it for the Bruin Broadcast feed with Verizon as backup.

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I would bet you would have to be outside your current cell to be considered portable.

Received my email today. Sixteen month wait is finally over.

Damn that’s a letdown. Are you mounted on roof?

I have had Starlink for less than 10 days. It’s been roof mounted for 2 days. 0.0% obstructions.

My first speed test yesterday morning was 103 Mbps and this morning’s was 143 Mbps. I see speeds all over the place while watching my son’s Xbox download. They seem to hang around the 40 Mbps level during peak times.

Is this a normal speed to expect?

Do your speeds get a little better over time after installation?

I have top tier Viasat service currently. Speed numbers seem to mean very little when comparing the 2 systems. Even with Starlink on the ground with 5%+ obstructions, a higher download speed with Viasat meant very little compared to Starlink. The upload and latency of Starlink gives me greater ‘practical’ speed in my everyday usage. No more watching the progress bar crawl across as I’m waiting for a pic to be delivered.

I have been reading about Dish Network lobbying for space in the 12Ghz spectrum and it seems as though the threat is serious enough for Starlink to send out emails with a link to a petition to submit to your representative. Starlink's position is that if Dish is allowed in the spectrum,there is a more than 75 pct chance that Starlink will be rendered useless. That means that all of us would be forced to go back to internet services you had before. The petition is prefilled but there is text boxes for you to add in any personal comments. It takes less than a minute to submit. I encourage you guys to fill out and submit this. There's no way I can go back to junk internet.

I wound up getting the RV setup. I'm in a waitlisted area, but it's working, albeit the speeds are sporadic.

Setup was absurdly easy.