Starlink .... thoughts?

[Indy]

OneWeb is the only other operational LEO service that competes with Starlink, but it’s B2B rather than B2C like Starlink. The terminals needed to connect to OneWeb are also an order of magnitude more expensive (enterprise grade) so its not really a competitor in that sense. 

[Kelvin]

5 hours ago, ProDave said:

 

 

Only now, 5 years or more behind when it was wanted have we had a company digging up our road laying fibre to each property.  I son't be taking them up on their offer.  Their fibre is buried in shallow bare trenches under the road verge and nowhere near deep enough as far as I could tell where it crosses the road.  First utility that needs to access their own services will likely cut the poorly laid fibres.

 

I’ve been driving around Perth and Kinross a fair bit the last few months and Openreach (via Morrisons) have been laying fibre in the grey ducts all over the place. I was little surprised at how shallow the trenches are for the ducts though given how soft the verges get and how deep the ruts end up. 

[Indy]

Freedomsat (through Viasat) is another option but it’s likely to be GEO, hence slower speeds and higher latency so not really a suitable replacement for home broadband usage. 

[Post and beam]

Starlink is live. Only lying on the garden floor and partly obscured by hazel trees in this temporary location but 324meg download and 31 upload.

 

Not too shabby

[Kelvin]

Good stuff. Mine has been on the ground for four years because fibre has been within touching distance and haven’t wanted to screw to the garage.