@@CasperChicago That seems to be the main market. Not worth on cities as it costs 2-3x for less speed and a very small data cap. I hope it gets cheaper and better, would love to kick Comcast to the curb.
Thanks for the video. I just started to look into this as a back up option. Good information in your Video. Thanks for running through the details like you did!
I have the Mini on my Sprinter van. Works flawlessly mounted on the roof. Crazy not to get the Mini for mobile applications. I found the range of the built in WiFi router on the roof of van about 150 yards outside.
Whoops, I forgot something. I accidentally made a rookie mistake. I meant to say megabits, not megabytes. Also, at the beginning of the video, I said ‘satellite,’ but the part where I said ‘satellite dish’ got clipped off. It’s currently being edited on RU-vid. Just give it a little bit, and the mistakes will be fixed.
I ordered the Starlink Mini system today. I live in rural south Georgia. Windstream WiFi went down during Helene. Verizon went down during Helene. I had no way of contacting my family who live in North Georgia for a few days which was anxiety inducing. Windstream’s home service has been abysmal even in decent weather and I got tired of seeing that orange light on the router for days on end. No more! Great review
What is the difference load wise to the general dish and the mini. I have 2 tvs and 3 androids phones and 6 motion cameras from Ring. I ordered my dish 0n the 6th for the sale . I wanted the mini for my home. I have Century link only 5 g but shows 3g . We have been managing. I would like the mini for home, but I'm not sure about the 50 gig being enough. Tried Hughes for a few hours and said I don't want it. Burn through gigs fast with RU-vid on Hughes. I thought the mini for me would be plenty because I virtually have the second worst out there. Didn't even think of T-Mobile.
Tres bonne video bro, mais perso j'opte pour la starlink standard car elle émet un signal stable et moi je ne voyage pas trop et même lorsque je le fais j'utilise les operateurs locaux , ils ont une assez bonne couverture réseaux sur l'étendue de notre territoire.
In about 5 states we just got smashed by floods and we still have places with no internet / cell service, if you or someone else did a fundraiser to send these little guys over there it would be massive for comms / recovery
Space X / Starlink have already partnered with groups like The Generac Storm Response Team, Dr. Phil & many private assistance groups to do precisely that. My understanding is that they have more than 1,000 terminals up and running already. They also stated that they will not be terminating service to any existing accounts that go unpaid in storm effected areas.
Great Video! I’m looking to get a home system to just use when cable / cell / data service goes down. Since I don’t currently own a system I’m not able to ask them questions but can look at their FAQs. Anyway, I was wondering if you knew if I could buy a home system, use the $50 a month roam or cheapest service to just have internet when I have to use it. Then when power goes out, go to the Starlink site and upgrade to the $120 unlimited for home plan. If I did this, would I have that full plan access immediately or would it take a business day or 2 to kick in? When my home service comes back on, could I then switch back to the $50 a month plan? Hopefully you might be able to answer these questions. Thank you!
The Mini is the only one offering the $50 plan, and all plans allow you to start and stop service as needed. I used my V2 like this, only activating it during camping months. In my opinion, the Mini is the best choice due to its low power draw, compact size, and flexibility to start the $50 plan whenever needed, whether as a backup at home or on the road. During the recent hurricane in Asheville, when all cell service and internet were down for a week, Starlink was crucial in helping me stay connected with loved ones.
@@AI-Driven-Entrepreneur so it sounds like I could stop and start a residential $120 plan? The downside is that if I don’t have internet service when I need to re-activate the residential (or any plan) plan, I’m stuck. That’s what makes me nervous. I’d hate to pay $120 a month when I don’t need it for months. On the other hand, 3 people in my family with multiple devices when the power goes out (I have a generator) might now work the mini considering it’s lower download speeds. What do you think?
Nice! Hopefully the more popular it gets and more sattelites are launched the prices will go down. It is nice to see Starlink supporting the Hurricane disasters. Just think all of theese big trucks the media uses for their broadcasting can be downsized as the technology will only improve. Wonder if they will invent a dish you wear like a hat and run off AA batteries.
@@MrPeterFranc There are many competing options on land keeping the price lower. Also there are technical reasons… Before the data can get to your receiver it first needs to get to the satellite. Over land this is easy; it goes up and it comes back down. In the middle of the ocean the data is first uplinked from land as usual but then has to be relayed laterally possibly through several other satellites before reaching the user. This ties up more satellite bandwidth. There may be other reasons such as satellite coverage being optimized over land areas where there are more users.
I'm not sure it works like you're thinking. Yes you point it in a specific direction but the signal doesn't come down like a laser perpendicular to the face of the dish. Signal can still come from areas all across the sky at all different angles, so it does require a reasonable open view above the dish to work effectively. As the satellite constellation is built up more and more & as newer generation satellites begin deploying from Starship these limitations will begin to shrink dramatically.
So if I go out to the woods for 4 days I could pause the plan on the 5th day and have 25 days left for the 165.00? How long can you have a plan on "hold?"
Okay, I don't understand the increased price for maritime. Shouldn't it be the same or cheaper? There are less people using the satellite over the ocean, right?
Because satellites turn off when they are above remote parts of the world. Keeping them on over the pacific is an added cost with very few customers to offset that cost. There are two things that you can expect to pay a premium for.
You understand that it works anywhere right? It works away from cellular service, away from fiber service, away from cable service, even away from DSL/phone service. By comparison the previous offering in this space was limited to Hughes Net. Which was more expensive, orders of magnitude slower and came with very restrictive data caps. This Isn't designed to replace your home internet in an area with readily available providers.
It's part of their optimized ecosystem, similar to Tesla. It's far from bad-I'd much rather have a quick, high-quality chat session than sit on hold forever to finally speak with overseas support. I'll take the chat method over paying double for phone support outsourced abroad any day.
Starlink sucks! Overpriced piece of crap! Paid $600 for equipment and speeds steadily decreasing to just under 100! I finally have fiber at 1/2 the cost and a reliable 250 up and down!!!
Not true in my case... Consistent 200 MB for the last 3 years Gen 1 Dish. Game changer for rural residents not to mention using it on my camper.......Sounds like a botched install or wireless interference.
Fiber is better no doubt, but when fiber goes out like it did for me in Asheville which looks like up to a month, this is a great backup. Cell services also didn't work and this allowed me to drive around and make calls. It hardly sucks!
