for those who want to set up their Starlink account and check for the transaction, hit the forgot password link at the login page, put in the email you used and you should get the link to finish setting up your account. - wookie
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expiredClintiePoo posted Feb 08, 2021 11:03 PM
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expiredClintiePoo posted Feb 08, 2021 11:03 PM
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The fiber I'm closest to is 50Mbps. No unlimited option, it's usage based. $20 plus $0.20 per gig used.
The village has DSL, 15 miles away. It's $85 for up to 5Mbps, and it doesn't work well enough to stream audio without cutting out a lot of the time, let alone video.
I only know a handful of people that can get anything better than 5Mbps installed in their house. I use a jetpack, no land options at all. Verizon tower is 13 miles away. Luckily I can get about 20/15.
Same business model as Tesla.
You launch the more expensive product marketed to the richest customers first to pay for the initial startup costs (Roadster G1 then model S/X)
Then offer a cheaper product later to expand even more and lower costs significantly. (Model 3/Y)
Then offer an even cheaper product than that once your cash flow is strongly positive from steps 1 and 2 (Model 2 coming in a couple years)
How else do you afford to launch thousands of satellites, build a back-end infrastructure to support them, and then sell it for basically nothing to the 3rd world?
Seems like most aren't even aware of that option? Unless their address truly doesn't qualify.
Unsure of actual speed, but it's deployed with that kind of promise in a rural lakeside location where coverage barely stable comes in with Moto G Power models & barely gets 2meg down on those phones.
This isn't necessarily a deal compared to typical broadband in population centers, but it's the cheapest you are going to get broadband internet in the country. Given that it's the only broadband internet you can realistically get out there.
I am currently using att fixed wireless, which is 15-25Mb for $60/mo but there can only be so many customers per tower so if you aren't the first 2 or 3 people in a square mile to sign up, you can't have it. That also means there's no option to get two for double bandwidth.
Going to 50-150mb would be a massive improvement.
I actually kept the 2Mb dsl ($100/mo) over the summer of covid while also paying for the ATT. The Roku was the only device connected so someone could stream TV while the others were working. (Yes, you can stream on 2Mb. Not great but its mostly HD if you avoid things with too many explosions)
Seems like most aren't even aware of that option? Unless their address truly doesn't qualify.
Unsure of actual speed, but it's deployed with that kind of promise in a rural lakeside location where coverage barely stable comes in with Moto G Power models & barely gets 2meg down on those phones.
Or if there are, service will be abysmal.
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Upload speed and latency as well.
Edit: Eeek
Hardware
$499.00
Service
$99.00 /mo
Shipping & Handling
$50.00
Tax
$56.28
Due Today
$99.00
https://youtu.be/2-nQOIZ1IwY
If you use real data instead of the junk the recent FCC was putting out, something like half of americans don't have real broadband access.
Fastest I can get at my house is 8 Mb DSL, no matter how much I'm willing to pay.
And I only get that without a data cap by paying business rates.
I'd happily pay double what Starlink is asking just to get half the average speed users of starlink in the beta are receiving.
Even that would be 5x faster than what I have now.
If I got average starlink beta speeds it'd be a 10x improvement.
And the targeted final speeds would be a roughly 120x improvement over the best I can get now.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90599...-elon-musk [fastcompany.com]
Still, $500 hardware fee is pretty steep.
Verizon and T-Mobile both tell me I'm not eligible for their home services.
It's not like I don't have the possibility of service, they just won't sell to me.
For WFH, my employer provides me with a Verizon hotspot, 25 Mb is typical.
(had to, since my home service makes remote desktop nearly impossible to use)
I did the T-Mobile free hotspot thing, 10-15 Mb.
My landline is with a small telecom. Currently satellite for TV, but that's mostly garbage anymore.
I did not see any mention of data caps, that would be the deciding factor, if they enforce caps, this service will not be worth it depending on how low the cap is set.
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regionCode=GB
https://www.starlink.co
would US link be this?:
regionCode=US
https://www.starlink.co
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