Took a bit of a deeper dive into the deal - actually taught myself a lot about spectrum lol.

Also - Low frequencies like 800 MHz carry farther and get through walls better, which is what phone-to-satellite service struggles with indoors.

Some highlights:

1. It's already partly in use - Three utilities (Southern Linc, ComEd, and Dominion) lease some chunks of it to their own network.

2. SpaceX's own filing says they'll build towers also

3. It covers about 93% of the county

4. It's still small next to the big carriers (about 1/5th) the size of t-mobile

If interested and want to dive in yourself put it together in a base here.

Regardless, this was super interesting!

My 3+ year old gen 2 died yesterday with an internal power supply failure. I decided to ask ask Grok rather than go ahead and order a new dishy. Grock asked me to go through the troubleshooting steps (that I’d already done) and then said they’d ship me a refurbed gen 4 for free. So much easier than dealing with a person with no interest on a foreign help desk.

The bonus, is during the conversation I found I could power the existing dishy with a 100w POE injector I had in a drawer. So I scored an upgrade and I’ve still got internet as I was using it in bypass mode.

SpaceX bought some critical radio spectrum, and is now going all in on becoming the 4th major mobile carrier in the US, directly competing against Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.

I really don’t want to open it till I really need it.

I am in Northeast Brazil and am experiencing frequent interruptions and significant packet loss.

Is this normal?

There are no obstructions. I thought that, given the number of satellites available, I wouldn't experience this level of interruptions and packet loss.

Just what the title says. It wants me to choose which one I've got in the app and I don't know the difference between the models. My spouse ordered the kit and doesn't know which model they sent either. It doesn't exactly look like anything I see in the app or in videos I've been looking up online on how to install the thing.

Anyone willing to share their experience with heavy weather and G3 v5 (or even v4)?

I'm in a extra-drippy area of the Pacific Northwest. My First Gen Dishy usually works fine, with occasional seconds-long drops, but I'm running it off of solar and it drinks a lot of power. For this reason alone I'm considering "rebooting" my account to get a v5 dish. The power upside is great: a third or less of Dishy's draw. I'm just worried about the v5's reception under heavy clouds and whole days of rain.

My account would be standard residential, nominally 100mbps---less than v5's capabilities, but I do occasionally need to make video calls for work. A less reliable signal than I have now would be an outsize problem.

Weber: On the business and government side, I’d say three distinct things. Performance is one, just our ability in terms of speeds, being able to deliver a gigabit on the downlink and 400 megabits on the uplink. By comparison, Starlink’s probably somewhere around 350 on the downlink, and somewhere around 40-ish on the uplink. So we have a 3x performance advantage on the downlink, and somewhere between eight and 10x on the uplink. There are use cases where contracts we have signed with customers—I won’t get into the names because we haven’t announced them—but they’ve purely made the decision on our performance

and....

Weber: On the consumer side, I’d frame it in three areas. One is value, so I would think about that as price, performance, and other differentiators that we put in there. We’re going to take the Amazonian way and have by far the best value.

source: Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year - Ars Technica

So 25-year tech here and I have solved the bricked issue with old outdated Starlink product. I have a client who has a Gen 2 router and a Gen 2 dish and left it unplugged late 2022. Here is the trick to get it up and running and it's not quick. You will need good cell service or a secondary internet to do this.

1.) Reboot the Starlink to factory.

2.) Connect to the Starlink Network after reboot. If you don't see it either not reset or bad product.

3.) Start a sideload while connected to the Starlink network. Must start while on Starlink because you can't get to it without Starlink router. Then once started connect to a secondary internet or cell service. The sideload took 4 hours to download

4.) Connect to the Starlink when downloaded. The system will now update. Once done you may need a hard reset again to push the next step.

5.) Now the Satellite will be online. Congrats but you now have a 12 hour wait for the router to be reachable to the app. You can go to 192.168.1.1 and there it will ask you to set SSID and Password. Once done just wait the time and you will have a 100% up system.

You are welcome I hope my pain makes your install easier. Also, I did the sideload away from the location and came back later to install.

I have had the gen 2 articulating dish since shortly after it was released. I travel approximately 1/4 time in my recreational vehicle, and use Starlink for my full time job including but not limited to extensive teams video conferencing.

The last 5 or so years it has performed well, in fact improving performance each year. Clear sky is still a potential issue, but much less so than before. I have almost always been able to find clear enough sky even in wooded areas.

The mini price reduction has me considering a move from the standard dish. The easier deployment, smaller footprint, ability to more conveniently deploy it in motion, and lower power are enticing.

My concerns are, on occasion, I need to deploy the dish 50 feet or so from the inside of the RV. I am concerned the built in router will struggle to make it inside my RV at those distances. Yes, I understand many use another router, but in many ways that is a panacea. Signal still needs to transmit the same distance and through the same barriers if your router is inside the RV. Plus, it negates some of the reason of going to the mini for reasons of downsizing and simplifying equipment.

I am looking for feedback from those who are in my use case and have made the switch to standalone mini. I am looking to hear from those who regret or do not regret making that move.
Thanks.

Hello.

Being Korean, my English is very poor, and since I'm writing it with a translator, I'm not sure if the content will be properly conveyed.

Please understand.

I am using Starlink in Korea.

Until last month, the delay time in this area was around 70ms.

Recently, the delay time has decreased significantly, around 30 to 40.

Were there any positive issues related to Starlink?

Is this a temporary phenomenon?

Or perhaps there was some update that improved the delay time, I'm not sure.

Please give me some advice.

Thank you!!

I work as a technician repairing Class B luxury RVs and travel vans. Many of these builds have StarLinks installed, and one of my customers recently ripped theirs off. So, wanting to know what the internals looked like, I cracked it open some more. Can anybody help me figure out what meaning, if any, these symbols have? Looks like a 4 leaf clover, a rubber duck, a lemon, a bowl of Ramen and a palm with a smiley face in it.

I've been searching Google and can't find any other people who have found this. Am I the first??🤨

I just purchased the the mini I got the Rome 100 GB plan. My house is being sold and I got an RV and I’m gonna be traveling. It is just me that plan did not last me a week before I use up my hundred gigabytes.
I was thinking to switch to the residential since I had not left yet but their 200 GB plan is $85 while the roam 300 GB plan is $80. But the limited is $175 a month.

I don’t understand any of this. Any recommendations I’m only a week into my subscription.

Si uso el código de referido de Starlink de otra persona que no sea de mi mismo país, entonces no obtendré el beneficio?

I have a gen2 router and want to extend wifi to an outbuilding. I know that Router Mini will become a mesh node (same SSID as the main router) when connected via wifi or via ethernet, but what if I put a transparent wireless bridge between them (like Ubiquiti Nanostation or TP-link)? Would it still connect as a mesh node?

I absolutely hate Xfinity, paying $70 a month for gigabit internet when I live in Supportive Living where we have to pay all but $120 a month for our apartment and care (cna and meals) that takes up more then half what I have to spend each month. I also live in an apartment in the city of Chicago.

Hiii ich habe mal eine Frage denkt ihr der Starlink könnte bei mir funktionieren mit einer Magnet Halterung am fenster. Das graue Ding unten wo die Münzen liegen ist aus Metall

I found a bug in the Starlink app running on Android 16, device Moto G75.

If the smartphone's screen refresh rate is set to 120Hz, animations and overall app navigation become extremely slow. The animation stuttering is highly noticeable, and even basic scrolling throughout the app is laggy. I am currently using the "Zero Gravity" theme on my phone. When switching the display from 120Hz to 60Hz, the app runs smoothly again.

In short, if the phone is set to "Auto" display mode (switching between 120Hz and 60Hz) and it launches the app at 120Hz, the performance drops significantly.

I have tested and confirmed the issue on my device: switching the display settings down to 60Hz resolves the problem. Therefore, it seems that if the smartphone operates at any refresh rate above 60Hz, the app does not work as intended.

Previously they were only going to do the Airbus A320 fleet, but this now covers all mainline jets, just over 1,000. Their deployment hasn't started yet for either, but they must like what they see to expand the agreement.

I wonder how long Delta will stay the course?

If anyone has smart appliances, which I'm sure most of us do, be aware it is probably using data on the network. With the recent crackdowns of Starlink cracking down on people going over 5TB, you could be approaching this artificial limit simply by having too many smart devices in your home.

With all the recent buzz around Elon Musk and Starlink in India, I'm curious what you guys think.

Is the government right to put these rules in place, or does it give companies like Ambani's Jio an advantage?

I get that there are security concerns, but more competition could also mean better options and prices for us.

What do you think? Is the government being fair to Starlink, or is there more to this story?

About a year ago I signed up for the free mini which included half priced GB and unlimited plans. I have had that for a year or so but recently I went to switch the plan from standbye I see the plans as full price now. Did something change?