We Got Starlink!

After 2 years of frustration, we made a huge leap BACK into the world of technology!
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[@maryann2970]

Congrats!

[@sandman608]

Welcome to the connected world!

[@binsonbunch2715]

I just got it as well. Major change for us as we experienced the same issues as you with our old service provider. We also have to use a cell booster where we're at, but it's inconsistent at best.

[@ddc2343d]

Welcome to the 2000's :)

[@earlyriser8998]

we got access to a microwave system in texas and cancelled out starlink subscription...but it killed me to cancel and I really wanted to compare. But our farm grade wireless system was 50M to 100M upload without almost no downtime.

[@ericsumnicht7829]

Well..... i guess I'll give it a try. The other 2 things i heard as cons are high price point of the equipment and monthly fees, and there is no way to call them. Only email tech support at their convenience. How long did you wait for equipment and enrollment in the service?

[@ADifferentWay]

Those are all definitely issues. Once you pay the $99 deposit, you get a more direct support access via email, though we have not tried it, and have no idea what the timing on response is. And secondly, not every area has residential Internet, yet, and that included ours. We have friends and neighbors in the area who have been on the waitlist for two years. We still don’t fully understand how that works, so we actually signed up for the RV option. We’re hoping to switch over later when residential is available everywhere. RV is a bit more expensive, But it gave us immediate access. Additionally, by the time we added up the extra cost, we were paying for boosters and extra hotspot data (that was unreliable and weak at best), it wasn’t a big price difference for us. In order for our daughter to get her school done, we just had to be connected.

[@user-wn5ow9fp6i]

Thanks for this report. I live in a very ruural area in Wa state. I have hughes satelite for internet and it is horrid..not as bad as what u had but still bad. I was thinking about starlink and appreciate your time. Using alot of power is not going to work for me and i have heard things about it, not sure if true that it is tied to some corrupt communication . Thank you!!! Janice

[@ADifferentWay]

I will offer a couple of thoughts here… 1. The power draw was an issue overnight, but we also have an extremely small system for our house, and that system is also powering our fridge and chest freezer. The sleep mode feature gives you a lot of flexibility when it’s not in use. 2. Our neighbor connected to Hughes net, and he discouraged us from trying it. He said it only worked reasonably well when conditions were absolutely perfect and the sky was perfectly clear. If any clouds are in the sky, or we got so much as a light rain, he had no Internet at all. We have noticed a very slight slow down on overcast days with Starlink, but we still have much better Internet than we did using the cell booster. 3. I am not a conspiracy theorist personally, but we have friends and family who are. As a result, I am well aware of what they say about Starlink and big brother. That being said, if you’re thinking along those lines at all, I think there is always a risk when you’re dealing with cyberspace. We just try to use safety features, like keeping our computers turned off when not in use, and we are not connected to AI devices such as Alexa. Our phone is about the most connection we have, and we use a lot of its safety features. Furthermore, I think it’s just up to the individual person as to how reliant you become on the Internet. Some people have suggested Starlink can flip a switch and turn everybody off, and this might be true. Then, again, if there’s some kind of economic collapse, we’re likely to lose all sources of Internet connection. So I don’t really see the difference. Personally, we feel like we found a nice balance between being relatively self-sufficient, and being connected in the modern world. I think it really boils down to just how your overall dependence on the system works, and whether or not you have the knowledge and ability to live without it.

[@FelonyVideos]

A lot of people think that StarLink is a part of their off-grid strategy. In the most forceful emphatic way possible, I say "no way Jose". StarLink (all of it) can be turned off with one button in the whitehouse.
But its great, otherwise.

[@ADifferentWay]

Definitely not part of any strategy for us. We tried every other option we could, to no avail. Doing what we do, reliable internet is a necessity. That said, I figure if the economy crashes, I won’t need to run a website, maintain a RUclips channel, shop online, or have our kiddos do digital assessments. So, if it shuts down, we just lose some of the convenience of modern world. But, we basically lived like that for the last 2 years, so no biggie.