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Starlink is now taking $99 deposits to reserve a spot in line when the service comes available. Service dates: mid to late 2021.

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Starlink is now taking $99 deposits to reserve a spot in line when the service comes available. Service dates: mid to late 2021.

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GB: https://www.starlink.com/legal/te...ionCode=GB

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Apr 07, 2021 12:31 AM
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alyardleyApr 07, 2021 12:31 AM
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Quote from fbueller :
Interesting. I use PDANet for a lot of this, wonder if I did a phone with cell service, plugged into the GL.iNET with PDANet or Easytether running, then output to an ethernet switch or throw out wifi from there. That's a pretty great plan.
You just have to install easytether drivers on the gl.inet before you can tether to it and here is a download link for the files I did a while back for a couple of other people https://www.mediafire.com/file/v5...2.rar/file
Apr 07, 2021 12:36 AM
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fbuellerApr 07, 2021 12:36 AM
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Quote from alyardley :
You just have to install easytether drivers on the gl.inet before you can tether to it and here is a download link for the files I did a while back for a couple of other people https://www.mediafire.com/file/v5...2.rar/file
Thanks! I just realized - does Easytether use your hotspot data, or your regular phone data? I have Sprint and Tmo phones with service but very little to no hotspot (Kickstarter). If it's using the phone's standard unlimited data, this is awesome.
Apr 07, 2021 03:17 AM
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alyardleyApr 07, 2021 03:17 AM
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Quote from fbueller :
Thanks! I just realized - does Easytether use your hotspot data, or your regular phone data? I have Sprint and Tmo phones with service but very little to no hotspot (Kickstarter). If it's using the phone's standard unlimited data, this is awesome.
it uses regular phone data.
Apr 07, 2021 03:38 AM
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fbuellerApr 07, 2021 03:38 AM
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Quote from alyardley :
it uses regular phone data.
Yaaaaas. Thanks!
Apr 09, 2021 12:48 PM
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porkyApr 09, 2021 12:48 PM
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Quote from pthomas1991 :
I was hyped about this but it seems its too pricey right now. Wasn't the goal to make internet affordable globally?
My ISP hiked up my 200mbps connection from $65 two years ago to $85, a year ago and $100 now. So, this doesn't seem so pricey now.
Apr 10, 2021 02:48 PM
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KnightshadeApr 10, 2021 02:48 PM
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Quote from Binar :
Any benefits for early adopters ?

That you get it at all?

They estimate a market of potentially tens of millions in the US, but currently are only authorized for 1 million user terminals deployed in the US- and they're first come first serve by area.


They'll eventually get approval for more of course, but the market for this product is folks who currently have no reasonable high speed internet available period- so why would you wait and push yourself further down the line?

If you're in that target group, and are NOT ok with something like crap 3-10 mb dsl, why wouldn't you want it as early as you can get it?

If you're NOT in that target group and already have faster or cheaper options, why would you want it at all, early OR late?
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Apr 16, 2021 12:34 AM
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Cow_ranchApr 16, 2021 12:34 AM
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Musk- "Probably out of beta this summer." https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmu...6484641794

"Should be fully mobile later this year" https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmu...7719003136

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Sep 20, 2021 07:34 PM
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johnnybladesSep 20, 2021 07:34 PM
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/1...ta-october

Starlink leaving beta in October? Think it's real this time?

I've been dying for Starlink and signed up for beta when it was first available, seems like a couple years ago. Did the pre-order the day it went live...

but i recently got the Tmobile Home internet and even though Tmobile is crap where I live, I still get about 150mbps speeds, with 2-3 bars signal on the router. I'm pretty happy, max speed available prior to this was about 20 mbps and that wasn't good enough for a family of 5, and cost $70.

anyway, Tmobile Home Internet is only $50 per month all in and I don't have to run any new cables into my house or install anything on my roof or worry about a tree cutting out my service.

Starlink sounds awesome and I might still get in on it eventually, but for now I'm completely satisfied with Tmobile.
Last edited by johnnyblades September 20, 2021 at 12:40 PM.
Sep 20, 2021 07:50 PM
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sbessireSep 20, 2021 07:50 PM
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Quote from johnnyblades :
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/1...ta-october

Starlink leaving beta in October? Think it's real this time?

I've been dying for Starlink and signed up for beta when it was first available, seems like a couple years ago. Did the pre-order the day it went live...

but i recently got the Tmobile Home internet and even though Tmobile is crap where I live, I still get about 150mbps speeds, with 2-3 bars signal on the router. I'm pretty happy, max speed available prior to this was about 20 mbps and that wasn't good enough for a family of 5, and cost $70.

anyway, Tmobile Home Internet is only $50 per month all in and I don't have to run any new cables into my house or install anything on my roof or worry about a tree cutting out my service.

Starlink sounds awesome and I might still get in on it eventually, but for now I'm completely satisfied with Tmobile.
I have both and now that our T-Mobile is picking up band N41 it runs circles around starlink for half the price.

I'm keeping both for now, but if you have an option for t-mobile 5g home internet you should try that first.

With 4 bars 5g, we can pull in 300-400mbps during non peak times, but routinely 150+ throughout the day.
Sep 20, 2021 08:41 PM
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likeawSep 20, 2021 08:41 PM
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Quote from johnnyblades :
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/1...ta-october

Starlink leaving beta in October? Think it's real this time?

I've been dying for Starlink and signed up for beta when it was first available, seems like a couple years ago. Did the pre-order the day it went live...

but i recently got the Tmobile Home internet and even though Tmobile is crap where I live, I still get about 150mbps speeds, with 2-3 bars signal on the router. I'm pretty happy, max speed available prior to this was about 20 mbps and that wasn't good enough for a family of 5, and cost $70.

anyway, Tmobile Home Internet is only $50 per month all in and I don't have to run any new cables into my house or install anything on my roof or worry about a tree cutting out my service.

Starlink sounds awesome and I might still get in on it eventually, but for now I'm completely satisfied with Tmobile.
Glad Tmobile is working for you. Here in DFW I get no data (5g or lte) sometimes in the evening. The speedtest will not even start. It does work well from say 2am and 4am...Think they are oversubscribed here in the burbs or I am deprioritized in the evening on my magenta + plan. Same thing happens at my mom's house in Kansas with her phone. I got it for her to use the hotspot which is a deadpot in the evening.
Sep 20, 2021 11:17 PM
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sbessireSep 20, 2021 11:17 PM
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Quote from likeaw :
Glad Tmobile is working for you. Here in DFW I get no data (5g or lte) sometimes in the evening. The speedtest will not even start. It does work well from say 2am and 4am...Think they are oversubscribed here in the burbs or I am deprioritized in the evening on my magenta + plan. Same thing happens at my mom's house in Kansas with her phone. I got it for her to use the hotspot which is a deadpot in the evening.
Okay, good to know. We are fairly rural, but the t-mobile tower is a little over 4 miles from us with good line of site. So far it doesn't seem to be oversubscribed, but that may change. There have been times when they've done tower maintenance, where it is poor. Starlink I am still very happy to have. We went from a max of 13 mbps from a WISP to having two really good options.

The firmware updates on the t-mobile router have sometimes not been terribly great right afterwards...but they seem to settle back down after a few days.

Sep 21, 2021 03:42 PM
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epistaxisSep 21, 2021 03:42 PM
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Quote from bachle.2105 :
For rural area, i think starlink is a revolution since cable run at potato speed for $60-80/month internet only plan
If you have cable (or any type of terrestrial ISP option), you don't know true pain.
Dec 22, 2021 03:33 PM
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johnnybladesDec 22, 2021 03:33 PM
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so...anyone who signed up for this "mid to late 2021" actually get it yet?

any feedback?
Dec 22, 2021 03:51 PM
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ikonoklastDec 22, 2021 03:51 PM
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Quote from pthomas1991 :
I was hyped about this but it seems its too pricey right now. Wasn't the goal to make internet affordable globally?
Over promise, under deliver. The Elon Musk way.

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Dec 22, 2021 03:53 PM
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mikebpiDec 22, 2021 03:53 PM
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Quote from johnnyblades :
so...anyone who signed up for this "mid to late 2021" actually get it yet?

any feedback?
Signed up for mid-to-late 2021, received an email saying it will be 2022. No other time estimate.

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