re: Nationwide Starlink deployment delayed until mid 2022

I was interested to see that as well. The Starlink app actually has statistical tracking of data loss/connection issues.

When i first set it up, I think i was a little too close to the house (remember Im on the ground right now) and I was getting a lot of "drops".

Once I moved it to clear the 20 foot diameter, I have had almost none. So much so, that I didnt even put that in my summary above and I dont consider it an issue.

Ive already done some Emby/Plex streaming in the last 30 minutes and its been really smooth.

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Once I moved it to clear the 20 foot diameter, I have had almost none. So much so, that I didnt even put that in my summary above and I dont consider it an issue.

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I'm sure it's not an issue for home use at all. However I think these are a great option for business use, at least for redundancy and especially here in south LA. It would be great when we lose power/internet for a week, we can fire up the generator and fail over to the satellite internet and things like VoIP phones work without a hitch.

I'm right there with you on that. I signed up for Starlink during the height of the hurricane outtages. Initially I was going to use it as backup connectivity for my business which is located on the same physical lot as the residential address which I am registered for Starlink.

But, if it is as rock solid as it has been in the first couple of hours, I may consider it to be the primary. Ill be stress testing it on my network over the next couple of weeks ( 10 machines, 8 VOIP, 30 total devices ) to see how it handles it.

Thanks for the “Cajun unboxing” edition!

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Here comes country living for me now

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Amen. Gonna spend a lot more time at the hunting camp.

That's Elon for you. Over promise and under perform.

Do you have obstructions to the North?

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I found a spot just 2.5 miles away that has a early to mid 2022 date.

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There’s people who have sold their setups and transferred the address, so I imagine you can change the installation address.

But my understanding is that order fulfillment is based on location and date order was placed. So how did you “find a location” that close with an earlier date?

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But my understanding is that order fulfillment is based on location and date order was placed. So how did you “find a location” that close with an earlier date?

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Its a saturation issue at this point in time.
Your modem is "scheduled" to connect to whichever satellite is overhead, and then once it passes, your modem will swap to the next.
The satellites can only handle so many modems at once, so they can't oversaturate any service areas right now with customers, or they will crash their own system.
2.5 miles is likely enough distance for the "gap" in overhead satellites for that area.
Once they deploy more satellites, they will be able to service more customers in an area.
So, if he were to order a system under a different address, it likely won't work well at his actual address and he may interfere with others in his area if the modems start fighting over bandwidth.

Same here, when everyone was prompted to update their location a few months ago, it would push their date back.
I didn't mess with mine and it still says this month, even though I haven't seen the charge on my card yet.