Starlink ordered

[DILLIGAF]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

 

[ConcreteDr]

you will love it’s performance and cost

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

We have it in Havasu Springs. Speeds have come down as user count has come up fo the zone we are in, but it’s still light years above HughesNet or ViaSat.

 

[Romans9]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

Been using Starlink for about 2 years.

I have never had an issue with speeds. It seems to always be able to supply enough even when the kids and friends come over and are all using it.
Plus I would rather support Elon Musk than any of the rest…

 

[EPL]

Starlink is great ! We have it at home and the houseboat !

 

[buck35]

This must mean the purchase process is done. Congratulations!

 

[77charger]

Never had it but guy we camp at glamis has it. He basically had it powered 22 hrs of the day. But it worked great able to stream tv and no issues.

Never really heard of anyone having problems these days. Hell elons launching satellites on a weekly basis.

 

[ChrisV]

We have it in Havasu Springs. Speeds have come down as user count has come up fo the zone we are in, but it’s still light years above HughesNet or ViaSat.

Would it work with ring cameras? Planning to get it for the river house also. All the internet at springs sucks balls.

 

[DILLIGAF]

W

This must mean the purchase process is done. Congratulations!

Thanks. Friday close

 

[Rupp250]

Would it work with ring cameras? Planning to get it for the river house also. All the internet at springs sucks balls.

Yeah it does. We were just at Laguna Seca for the Indycar race. We setup a Ring camera inside watching the puppy in the crate/ make sure the AC stayed on.

 

[Icky]

We've had ours for 2 years now, glamis on holiday weekends, Parker on a holiday weekend and never had an issue. Stream TV and movies through the firestick while I'm working and on teams calls.

 

[Racey]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

Been using it since 2021, it's a game changer for people that don't have the option for a decent wired connection

 

[baja-chris]

2 years on residential here in Havasu. Working great but the wifi and mesh from Starlink was weak and could not reliably reach pool equipment. Now using Starlink just as a modem only with Netgear Orbi 970 series WiFi router and mesh nodes. Way better wifi with this setup.

 

[Riverbound]

Would it work with ring cameras? Planning to get it for the river house also. All the internet at springs sucks balls.

have it set up at our desert compound with multiple cameras. no issues to date. even when we are all there no issues with speeds.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Would it work with ring cameras? Planning to get it for the river house also. All the internet at springs sucks balls.

Yep. We have ring at the springs and Starlink was able to let it work well.

 

[toto]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

Please keep us posted - I am over our service in North Texas and been looking to switching over.

 

[CarolynandBob]

So.....I have been living for years using my VZN hotspot instead of any internet connection but out here in TX Hill Country it doesn't work very well. Just ordered Starlink Residential svc for the new place. Also ordered a mesh router to extend the service on the property.

Will report back on if it works or not to my expectations. Tossed VZN to the trash heap after 30+ years going back thru numerous company name changes.

Who else is using Starlink for a residence? Where I will be is not a lot of people so I suspect I will get pretty robust service but we shall see.

IO got mine last week. Pretty happy with it. For some reason last night my wife was streaming something and it had to buffer a few times, but not very long. When I set it up I ran a speed test and it was just under 200mbps.

 

[rivrrts429]

StarLink is pretty amazing. I love mine and never an issue.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Please keep us posted - I am over our service in North Texas and been looking to switching over.

Will do. The map for TX coverage looks really good

 

[4Waters]

Been thinking about getting starlink, we are getting tired or our spectrum bullshit. @DILLIGAF how much was it

 

[angiebaby]

My parents use it at their residence and love it. They tried all the satellite junk. Nothing but Starlink works well in the N. Idaho forest. Our friends that are 20 miles off grid north of us use it and are happy with it. They use it for text, phone calls, internet, and TV. Previously they had to drive 7 miles just to send a text.

We have the RV version for Havasu and are super pleased. We still have a unit with a Verizon, ATT, and T-mobile sim cards in them, but when we stopped moving around, we didn't need anything but the Verizon. The Starlink is so much more reliable than verizon. Previously, every time it rained or the weather was just plain crappy, cell use would go up and we would have trouble with video calls for work. So I shut the verizon off. Still have the cellular unit, but don't really know what to do with it. Technology advances and things become obsolete.

Oh, and if you leave for a month, it's very easy to shut it off so you don't have to pay for it.

 

[Eliminator21vdrive]

I bought the mobile version worked great at first and then three afternoons in a row it would disconnect multiple times so I contacted them they said it was due to it updating now back to normal. Can be frustrating when you need it.

 

[2Driver]

Buddy has it at his house in the woods 1/2 hour out of Payson. He loves it and did the verizon thing prior.

Congrats of the new place Tom.

 

[thmterry]

Yeah it does. We were just at Laguna Seca for the Indycar race. We setup a Ring camera inside watching the puppy in the crate/ make sure the AC stayed on.

I am going to Laguna Seca next weekend for Moto America, any advice? Stuff to do or look out for?

 

[EPL]

Would it work with ring cameras? Planning to get it for the river house also. All the internet at springs sucks balls.

Yes .

 

[Track Man]

We’ve had a for about two years now. we live off grid so it was a big game changer for us. I hate those ads that Hughesnet high-speed Internet from the sky. Those people lie. Works awesome. My speeds have gone up getting about 160 to 180 MBPS Lately in the afternoon it’s been cutting out. I think it’s due to them putting more satellites up. How do you guys contact them?

 

[Racey]

We’ve had a for about two years now. we live off grid so it was a big game changer for us. I hate those ads that Hughesnet high-speed Internet from the sky. Those people lie. Works awesome. My speeds have gone up getting about 160 to 180 MBPS Lately in the afternoon it’s been cutting out. I think it’s due to them putting more satellites up. How do you guys contact them?

First check your obstruction map in the app, then look at the statistics page and check the dropouts (very top graph) and see if they coincide with your cut outs.

It also has a counter for how many minutes per day you were disconnected in total. Since adding all the extra sats it has gotten wayyyyyy better. When i first signed up there were about 900 active satellites, now there are over 6,000.

Back in 2021 i was getting about 20 minutes day of total disconnect time, now it's down into the seconds range

 

[ChrisV]

How much is it?

 

[Rupp250]

I am going to Laguna Seca next weekend for Moto America, any advice? Stuff to do or look out for?

We camp outside Turn 5. So like to get up early and walk around before too crowded. On the inside of turn 5 is a path, good spot to be able to see a large portion of the track. As always have to make it up to the corkscrew. We stayed Sunday night and walked all around the pits and front straight as everyone was gone. Bring water, it will be hot. Weather is more like Carmel Valley than Monterey or Salinas.

 

[Justsomeguy]

How much is it?

For the hardware or service? Cost of both. I looked into it. 300 hundred for the hardware and I believe it was 120 a month.

 

[ChrisV]

 

[Track Man]

It’s $600 for the hardware and $120 a month for the service. That’s what I paid two years ago.I live on 150 acre Meadow with nothing in the way. I am trying to get a hold of stink link through the app right now. You have to chat with them I’m guess.

 

[Justsomeguy]

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[Racey]

I'm thinking within the next couple years they will get the dish size shrunk by half again. It's absolutely incredible what they have done.

5 years ago if you told anyone what Starlink would do for the price they would have laughed at you....

 

[DILLIGAF]

Been thinking about getting starlink, we are getting tired or our spectrum bullshit. @DILLIGAF how much was it

Less than 900. for components and 120. Per month

Go to starlink and check it out

 

[manxman]

I have been using starlink with the roamsat option for the last 6 months. Love it. Internet anywhere. the battery power and portability is awesome.

RoamSat | Internet on the Go

Introducing the ultimate truly mobile and self-contained power source for the Starlink Satellite Internet Dish

roamsat.com

I am a little bias though. I make the housings for them!
This is last week on Lake Mojave

 

[Cobalt232]

Just got one last week for Lake Powell. I rented one last year, but Starlink is shutting down the rental outfits. Our internet has been really flaky in Havasu (Optimum), so I decided to switch to Allo, but we can't install that until later in the month. While in Havasu last weekend we set the Starlink in our courtyard, plugged it in and within 10 minutes was online. It will run there until we go to Powell and also get Allo. Freaking Amazing Product!

 

[dezertrider]

There have been maybe 1 or two outages since we got ours. They have only lasted about 30 min.

Your going to love it!! We have 4 set ups. 2 residential, 1 Mobile for the RV and one for the office.

 

[Justsomeguy]

There have been maybe 1 or two outages since we got ours. They have only lasted about 30 min.

Your going to love it!! We have 4 set ups. 2 residential, 1 Mobile for the RV and one for the office.

Walk me through how that works? Is it one subscription and multiple hardwares?

 

[dezertrider]

Walk me through how that works? Is it one subscription and multiple hardwares?

Its a monthly billing on all of the plans. They are all on the Starlink Ap. I can turn the RV on and off when we need it. Becasue we use the RV every month we havent had a chance to turn it off yet

 

[toto]

Will do. The map for TX coverage looks really good

It better - They are currently building a lot of site's nation wide and have our hands in some of them. LOL

 

[ChrisV]

How long does it take for starlink to ship? Did you received it yet? @DILLIGAF

 

[rivrrts429]

How long does it take for starlink to ship? Did you received it yet? @DILLIGAF

Although mine is a bit more custom than the typical off the shelf packages it took me about six weeks. If you get an off the shelf setup I’m sure it’s quicker.

 

[ChrisV]

Ordered. Was hoping to get it Friday. I’ll install it next trip.

 

[angiebaby]

How long does it take for starlink to ship? Did you received it yet? @DILLIGAF

I ordered it in Havasu, I had it 3-4 days after I purchased it. First one was cracked. I got in touch with them immediately with pics. They sent a new one the next day and I had it within 3 days. Then I sent the old one back with the shipping label they provided. I had the second one less than a week after I ordered the first one. This was in January, I believe. Very pleased with the customer service.

 

[DILLIGAF]

How long does it take for starlink to ship? Did you received it yet? @DILLIGAF

Holy shit.....It cam in today and I wasn't expecting it till about the 20th. Plug everything in....went to my computer and there it was all ready to go.

It is screaming speed......Seems like a good decision was made.

We just made a temp pole attachment to get it above the house and will clean that p later.

Initial thought is hot damn

 

[ChrisV]

Holy shit.....It cam in today and I wasn't expecting it till about the 20th. Plug everything in....went to my computer and there it was all ready to go.

It is screaming speed......Seems like a good decision was made.

We just made a temp pole attachment to get it above the house and will clean that p later.

Initial thought is hot damn

Badass! I hope mine comes next week.

 

[DILLIGAF]

 

[Sharpy]

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Well, your magic Box should work way better now!

 

[DILLIGAF]

Well, your magic Box should work way better now!

It seems to be