Starlink .... thoughts?

[Redoctober]

26 minutes ago, Temp said:

How important is the amount of sky you can see? Do wet trees cause an issue like they do for satilite TV?

 In addition to my comments above, here is an image of the tree concerned and its proximity to the dish, situated on the chimney.- hope it helps. 

[Iceverge]

9 hours ago, Temp said:

How important is the amount of sky you can see? Do wet trees cause an issue like they do for satilite TV?

 

 

 

I think the more of the sky you can see the better. 

 

However I've seen videos of the lads in Ukraine with one poking out through a gap in the trees covered in a camo net so I think it's not overly sensitive. 

[Onoff]

We have the original BT line, still copper which wasn't great for my lad's gaming etc. As soon as he got a job he paid for Starlink, the £75 a month option I think it is. Speed wise, though x10 better than BT it doesn't seem that great to me as in for the money. The dish is set up correctly. It may be because we are at the bottom of a steep valley so have line of sight to fewer satellites? 

 

BT:

 

 

Starlink:

 

[SteamyTea]

I am at work.

 

It's shit, and this is the staff login.

[-rick-]

2 hours ago, Onoff said:

We have the original BT line, still copper which wasn't great for my lad's gaming etc. As soon as he got a job he paid for Starlink, the £75 a month option I think it is. Speed wise, though x10 better than BT it doesn't seem that great to me as in for the money.

 

That BT connection looks like shit in 2025. Are you very in the sticks? (no VDSL/FTTC?)

[Onoff]

12 minutes ago, -rick- said:

 

That BT connection looks like shit in 2025. Are you very in the sticks? (no VDSL/FTTC?)

 

Very, no gas, no main drainage, overhead lines, no streetlights, no pavements, single track roads with passing places etc. The phone lines are copper to the exchange a couple of miles away. Openreach have "no plans" to put full fibre down here as yet. 

[Nestor]

34 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

Very, no gas, no main drainage, overhead lines, no streetlights, no pavements, single track roads with passing places etc. The phone lines are copper to the exchange a couple of miles away. Openreach have "no plans" to put full fibre down here as yet. 

Similar here in location. Surprisingly our poor low speed connection (15 up, 2 down) does cope with multiple streaming, Teams / Zoom etc. Occasional buffering on a Sunday night.

[Redoctober]

1 hour ago, Onoff said:

 

Very, no gas, no main drainage, overhead lines, no streetlights, no pavements, single track roads with passing places etc. The phone lines are copper to the exchange a couple of miles away. Openreach have "no plans" to put full fibre down here as yet. 

 WOW -that is exactly our situation, but Open reach cut off the copper line 18 months ago and offered Full fibre having installed the cables etc. We chose not to go with them and have ended up with Starlink - very pleased we did to be honest.

[-rick-]

1 hour ago, -rick- said:

2025

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[Bramco]

We're out in the sticks but close enough to a 5G mast - Mozillion 5G unlimited data sim £19.99 in a 5G modem. Mozillion are on EE. Worth making sure you can't do this before going the Starlink route.

 

[SteamyTea]

I am currently out in the sticks.

Not sure I will survive, good job I brought a book to read.

 

 

[Iceverge]

Fiber optic cable costs about £1/m.  The telephone poles are already there.

 

Yes somehow it's cheaper and more practical to buy rural Internet from an American multi billionaire who has gone to the expense and effort of developing a private space program and launching thousands of satellites. 

 

Conceptually it's like getting a cup of water from the bottom of the Mariana trench instead of the tap. 

 

I don't know what it says about how we do infrastructure but I don't think it's good.