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Starlink pre-orders now available
Posted on 2/9/21 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 2/9/21 at 3:14 pm
Surprised I didn't see it mentioned here already. For those of you without access to high speed interwebs, here's your chance.
On the Starlink subreddit, people from over 20+ countries have successfully placed orders already. So looks like they aren't limiting for the initial launch which is a bit surprising.
On the Starlink subreddit, people from over 20+ countries have successfully placed orders already. So looks like they aren't limiting for the initial launch which is a bit surprising.
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Posted on 2/9/21 at 3:52 pm to gpburdell
Mine just spins at the “Pay with Credit Card” screen
Posted on 2/9/21 at 4:09 pm to LSUtigerME
A buddy of mine was able to order about 30 mins ago. I imagine as word gets out they will get hammered.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 4:25 pm to gpburdell
Ordered around lunch time today. No clue when I might actually get the equipment. A friend in town got an email that he was added to the beta so his stuff is 2-4 weeks out.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 4:33 pm to gpburdell
I got through. It was spinning but still allowed me to input CC info, so seems like it worked.
Said target mid-late 2021. So we’ll see.
Hopefully Spectrum beats them, but at least give me another option. I actually have ~10 mbps with AT&T right now, so I’m not completely without.
Said target mid-late 2021. So we’ll see.
Hopefully Spectrum beats them, but at least give me another option. I actually have ~10 mbps with AT&T right now, so I’m not completely without.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 4:40 pm to gpburdell
What’s the monthly charge for starlink?
Posted on 2/9/21 at 6:29 pm to Civildawg
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What’s the monthly charge for starlink?
$499 initially for the equipment, $99/mo
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:40 pm to gpburdell
Got my preorder in. Hopefully AT&T doesn’t cut off my unlimited iPad/ nighthawk setup before starlink comes online in my state.
Thought it was kinda cool that my credit card charge says that I paid $99 for “Space Exploration.”
Thought it was kinda cool that my credit card charge says that I paid $99 for “Space Exploration.”
This post was edited on 2/9/21 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:51 pm to 03GeeTee
Pre-ordered mine. Pretty pumped
Posted on 2/9/21 at 10:23 pm to dlmast87
link?
Posted on 2/9/21 at 10:27 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 2/10/21 at 6:40 am to gpburdell
A 17 minute video showing unboxing and setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-nQOIZ1IwY&ab_channel=Lon.TV
Posted on 2/10/21 at 7:33 am to dlmast87
I’m assuming people ordering this live in a very rural area correct? $100 a month is pretty steep
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:08 am to Civildawg
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I’m assuming people ordering this live in a very rural area correct? $100 a month is pretty steep
It is but if it means I can dump the $130/month satellite tv and go streaming only, there is some nice cost savings there.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 10:07 am to gpburdell
How is Starlink able to achieve such low latency (20ms to 40ms)?
I'll have to see it to believe it....because satellite internet has always had a long physical propagation delay due to the distance of the satellite in space (23000) miles.
A round-trip transmission travels 23,000 miles to the satellite, 23,000 miles from the satellite to the remote site, and then – as the TCP/IP acknowledgment is returned – another 46,000 miles on the return trip. That is a total round trip of over 90,000 miles and, depending on your latitude, this distance could be even greater.
The physics involved account for approximately 500 milliseconds of latency.
I'll have to see it to believe it....because satellite internet has always had a long physical propagation delay due to the distance of the satellite in space (23000) miles.
A round-trip transmission travels 23,000 miles to the satellite, 23,000 miles from the satellite to the remote site, and then – as the TCP/IP acknowledgment is returned – another 46,000 miles on the return trip. That is a total round trip of over 90,000 miles and, depending on your latitude, this distance could be even greater.
The physics involved account for approximately 500 milliseconds of latency.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 10:21 am to lockthevaught
These satellites are only a few hundred miles above the earth's surface or Low Earth Orbit. They aren't like the stationary satellites that HughesNet uses.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 10:26 am to lockthevaught
Because the sats are only at ~350 miles altitude rather than geostationary orbit (~23k miles).
Posted on 2/10/21 at 7:11 pm to Civildawg
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I’m assuming people ordering this live in a very rural area correct? $100 a month is pretty steep
Yes. This isn't that much more than I pay right now for shitty DSL from Windstream, and I would love to finally tell them to frick off.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 5:06 am to dlmast87
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These satellites are only a few hundred miles above the earth's surface or Low Earth Orbit. They aren't like the stationary satellites that HughesNet uses.
That's makes sense. I had no idea that they were using low orbit satellites. I would love to use these at projects in rural remote areas if they can live up to those speeds.
This post was edited on 2/11/21 at 5:09 am
Posted on 2/11/21 at 6:27 am to lockthevaught
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I would love to use these at projects in rural remote areas if they can live up to those speeds.
Testing is pretty much over. It is proven. Now it is just scaling.
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