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I had the same experience as you. FedEx left it 3/8 miles away leaning against our mail box, USPS and UPS bring boxes back to our house. I needed the 100" cable, dongle, and mount like you also. Set it up in the yard for a few months until I received everything. Speeds were amazing at first then really slow, now a little better, but still all over the place, but still better than what we had. We've had ours since March 2022.
We were paying $95/mo for a 15 Mbps package for a wisp network plan. Rarely did we ever get 15, but we were happy to have it and used it for years. All I can say is that StarLink has been absolutely incredible for us. We live out in the country so fiber is not an option, nor is LTE. Your videos are spot on. Thank you.
Best i could get was a guaranteed 10 Mbps and I rarely seen anything above 1.5 Mbps. Just enough for 1 person to watch Netflix.. starlink was a huge game changer for me.
SW Colorado again. Thanks for what you do. DSL for 20 years - top speed 12.5/1.1 on a really good day. Year and a half in now. SpeedTest average is 110/14. Still have congestion in the evenings - some nights are 28/10. Upload speed are getting better. Very satisfied with total package, but worried about increases in fees.Your videos helped to smooth the process, but we've already talked about that. Local fiber is trying to move in, but still six months out minimum. Rural internet is Starlink's domain! Slow and steady wins. Govt not so much. Can't believe you're sporting sweaters - temps here now 70/32. Perfect!
As always, excellent job done I just can’t believe how many notices I get of Starlink still launching rocket seems like every few days. You’re doing a really good job. Totally totally appreciate it. Thank you.
You pretty nailed it. In my use case, I had Viasat and was happy to kick it to the curb on trash pickup day back in April 2023. It served as my redundant backup for my primary wireline services, as with you I live in a tropical cyclone prone area i.e. Tampa Bay Florida. I also participate emergency communications for the Amateur Radio community, so having a non-terrestrial internet connection outside of a potential disaster area is a must in my book. The latency is definitely way better than what I had and now I am able to route Ham radio traffic via Starlink without any issues when the need arises. The $120/month price tag is bit steep for backup services, but the peace of mind that I can take Dishy in before a major storm takes landfall and be up and running in about 15 minutes when it's safe to do so.
I live in rural AL and all we have had available is ATT 12 yrs 3mbps 10:17 10:30 fastest many times down. Finally Starlink emailed me & said it was time to pay & set up. Even with some blockage Starlink is wonderous 137mbp all the time!!! It is great!
We just switched to starlink fantastic difference. At our cost, 15% better than previous telco. I’ll switch to cellular service as soon as available in our area
Agree. I'm in very rural Texas. Option is slow DSL from the phone company., or Satellite. ..in my case only Viasat was available. Some can get Hughes Net but I'm in a hole and HN can't reach me with the signal. I barely get cell service here, but use hotspot there when I need more speed. Testing Starlink now and it is vastly better, but not as good as when I lived in the city and had fast cable internet. But for here, it is a wonderful solution. There are outages now and then, but each day the system has stabilized more and more. So I'm pleased. I'd recommend it if you are in my situation. Not for city dwellers that have better options and just want to look cool.
Interesting video man, looking foward to your new book, I personally like starlink, I have only had it for 3 months but now at least I have internet, It does glitch out for a few seconds here and there but compared to hotspotting of my mobile it is a clear winner, oh and I am rural Australia
My county in Northwest Pennsylvania paid for my equipment and the first six months of service. I use that and T-Mobile home Internet. I’m satisfied with Starlink but early on I did have a lot of outages. Due to my heavy usage I will be keeping both for the time being.
Starlink has been the solution for us! I live in rural So-Cal (if you can believe that), on the border of the Mojave Desert and the San Bernardino National Forest in a secluded foothill community @ 3,500 ft. My old (and now backup) internet service is a microwave signal from a neighboring town. That consistently provides 6-8 Mbps down and 1-2 Mbps up. After waiting 15 long months I now have two (2) Starlink systems. RV/Roaming as of June 2022 and Residential as of July 2022. My RV/Roam service is currently on pause. My Residential service averages 150-200 Mbps down and 15-20 Mbps up, with a current latency of 19-30ms. Recently, I have seen speeds as high as 320 Mbps down and 35 Mbps up. YES, we Love Starlink! 🥰
@@EmanM45 ~ My Roam system has been on pause for a few months, not sure of the current performance. Late last year I tested them both (side-by-side) for about 4 months, and at the time I never saw Roam speeds go any higher than 50 Mbps down and 6-8 up, compared to my Residential (at the same time) averaged 150 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. Roam service is also $150 a month vs $120 a month for Residential. I only purchased Roam because it was available first, after waiting 15 long months for Residential, which became available 3 weeks later? I have the Roam system in the box stored in the garage for a backup system in case my Residential system gets damaged or malfunctions.
We have both home and mobile Starlink, absolutely love both services. At least we can stream movies and play games, would never go back to the other non-services we had. 👍🦅😎🇺🇸
I appreciate you Joe. Great information and my speeds are at it's best late at night or during the day when the critters are in school. I ran 3 speed tests today and 119 to 179 download speeds and 10 to 20 upload speeds. My former down speeds where 25 to 56 and up speeds where 7 to 11 if I was lucky pretty much any time of the day or night.
The other day I got 398 Mbps download in Haiti 🇭🇹. There's absolutely zero congestion in my Country. Starlink is definitely the New Star of the internet here.
18 months here. Pretty good. A bit bumpy and overall... yeah I would still sign up. If fiber should stumble in this direction, then a rethink would be in order. Likely cost could be less with fiber.
I recently upgraded to the 40 gigabyte priority plan, And A mostly use it for the public ip. But I have Had mine for over a year, And I would say it still worth it. Definitely some Caviots, But better than DSL and other sat technology's
My Starlink has had higher latency then i am used to (10ms when i lived in a city) at times it goes over 100 ms (while gaming mind you) but the service has never really gone down and download speeds are pretty good. Your videos are extremely helpful. My hope is that speeds along with their new satellites will improve speeds in the future.
Live in north central idaho. Had a local wireless company that was good, but oversold and got extremely slow or freezing. Quit them and tried different phone plans. They sucked. Got starlink, just like you have said ups an downs. Almost quit.still doing starlink and t mobile. Tmobile been great. Starlink needs to get alot better as far as speed/uploads. $120 month is a lil hard to swallow, compared to $30 a month. But I agree with everything you have said. Thanks again for such good commentaries. Very good my man very good. Marvin😊
Jay, I live in SE rural Kansas, 91 miles, N, S, E & W to the nearest Interstate. With Starlink, I have the fastest speeds in town (or out of, for that matter) I got my Starlink in May 22 and had to use the mobility option, because I live 8 miles outside of their service area at the time. I've has speeds between 211-50 down, 6-11 up for the first year. Over time (and just recently I get a pretty steady 105-160 down, 18-20 up. Latency in 23 min 65 max. The main point is that, yes, SpaceX is throwing up a bunch of satellites, their ground station aren't keeping up. When I first hooked it up, my POP was in Dallas, now it is in Denver. When I first signed up, they were saying there was ground station in Iola KS, 120 miles away from me, I dont think it's online yet. Just saying they may need to build out the ground stations to spread that load as well. Thanks for sharing with every one.
You should look for someone who has fiber optic internet and who allows you to connect using a point-to-point wireless link using ubiquiti antennas. You can also make the video about it.
We have the mobile plan for the RV. Just pulled into the Clemson area of SC. 142 download, 19 upload. I’ve been seeing faster mobile speeds since the country waitlisted areas went away. I’ve had Starlink for the RV for about 15 months. I’ve been very happy with it.
We really don't have a choice in my area (out in the suburbs) when they only option is DSL or lesser satellite provider. It's just the costs go up and no noticable speed increases --- disappointing but no choice. Which is what happens when there's no reasonable competition.
True.. Sadly the government has been give hand over fist to the telco for them to "bridge the digital divide" and bring fiber to the rural areas. They take the money and do next to nothing.
I had the same experience with my fed sux driver. I moved to an area that has almost no cell service, land lines are horrible at best DSL And cable are non-existent, and the only other alternative is Hughes net for slower speeds and much higher cost. Before moving I was used to getting ATT Fiber and gig speeds. Starlink is the fastest i can get in my area without waiting to see if Spectrum actually gets fiber all the way down my rural unpaved dirt road.
My FedEx will do the same. Leave stuff at the end of my driveway, right on the edge of the road. And they give a reason as I have a gated driveway. I don’t have a gated driveway. They actually brought my Starlink up to the porch. Probably didn’t want another angry call.
You mentioned the ticketing system and I have (after much hair pulling) figured out how to use it. They have been reasonably responsive, getting back to me in less than 24 Hours.
@@jcristinaI just go through the menu on the Starlink troubleshooting and find s problem that describes my problem. At the bottom of the list of remedies there is a place to make out a ticket. I explain the problem and say I did all the things suggested above and say my problem is not fixed. In my case I have the antenna in the top of a tree and I do not get internet. The antenna is in clear air, no obstructions according to my installer. We have determined that the antenna and cable must come down so we can test to eliminate the cable as the problem. Probably in the next week since I am working out of town currently.
Hello I am from Mozambique in South East africa I am using starLink for the last two months . And I have subscribed to the starLink roaming regional services . Our month subscription is only $47 USA dollars per month ! I guess since we are a poor country Rlon Musk is supplying the services at a discount in relation to United States and Europe ! This is an excellent price as local fiber optic services here in Mozambque is very expensive . We having average speeds between 75-150 Mbps which is terrific !
@@jcristina yes it is very low ! I guess also because we have less subscribers here than USA so they offering lower price ! But I once went to dhl office here and they informed me that they were receiving 600 starLink packets that day ! So it is growing at an exponential rate here in Africa and this is a game changer ! It puts us at a level playing field with first world countries and will stimulate progress and development in our country ! Amazing !
Thank you for all your videos on Starlink. We have a cabin in south central Ohio and Starlink recently became available. Frontier / EarthLink want $1000 to string DSL lines to our cabin, SOCS wants $1000 to string fiber. I’m seriously considering Starlink for the cabin.
FYI - as of oct 17 there have been 595 mini V2 launched, I agree that Starlink is a winner for my family since we live out in the country with no terrestrial service, but still have congestion issues in the 8 to 1- pm time slots.
At the house, the best I could get (not Starlink) was 40 down and 10 up. It was plenty if used sparingly. My area opened up and got it and used it as an additional system. Then changed to roam (to RV). Now I don’t know what I am going to do.
The reality is that a healthy chunk of the existing Starlink subscribers don't really have a choice, so for them it is a Godsend. If you have a choice - good on you.
Lost confidence in the company. To many delays and was false promises. Over 2 years on waiting list then when I got my notice it was available to me but I only had a few days to confirm. This one got me.
My speeds have been horrible over the past two years and like you said during the day is even worse! Best part now is I'm using t-mobile as a backup so when starlink has issues or speed it will switch.
If you have not alternative, it is the best!! If you have access to fiber, a decent vdsl or a good cable modem, they are better than Starlink. If you are like me, I love my Starlink. I am not happy about the price increases over the past two years. I am a low band width user and feel a little ripped off but it is still better than the alternative. I am hoping for the clec to pull the fiber to my house. I like your dsl story with the bonding. Etc.
We live in Missouri and was on waiting list for at least two years. Meanwhile T-Mobile became available six months ago for $50-$55 per month getting an average of 230-260 downloads. Going to be selling Starlink equipment who offers 34-135 downloads for $150 month. Not worth it!
my problem is the congested hours after I get off from work sometimes getting as low as 10 megabits per second and if I choose to game while someone is streaming a show or something it is no use even trying to do so.
While I’ve enjoyed my time with Starlink. I have my order for Fibre in and I am scheduled to get it next week I am keeping my Starlink as a backup however because my area is prone to freezing rain that takes out power and internet at times.
I live out in the middle of nowhere there's not many options but the last few months have had no issues at first it was disappointing but it seems like they've got the bug out of it but raising it from 110 to 120 before the first year was even out and they got you and what's your choice
I will cancel my Starlink again and only rely on my public electric utility fiber provider and buy a Tesla car instead! If needed it is easy to reconnect to Starlink. 🤔🤔🤔
It was NOT supposed to be launched with the starship yet. That was a test flight (many more will follow) and there was a known 90% chance it would fail, or remotely destroyed. Is was pure to test the first minute of the launch. So next time when you try to share information, make sure that you know all the facts and not make up your own stories.
Being stuck in geostationary hell, (because of ZERO cell coverage) I care less about throughput, and even cost or data caps, but rather LATENCY. If you haven't ever used Hughesnet, et. al. you have no idea how frustrating 1200-1500 ms (aka 1.5 seconds) of latency is, it would make you laugh; and i'm not just talking about gaming, etc. (which is truly impossible) 50ms latency would be a dream... waiting for the box of joy.... 🙂
You build a YT channel on SL content; so in your case it is definitely worth it for you personally. Your complaints about somewhat slower speeds are a luxury problem, sir. You never mentioned downside of supporting Elon Muskow, a Putler suck up and clearly not one of the nicests persons in the world. You have no customer service, I have, but is it worth it when you are treated like shit and being told that the slower than promised speed is good enough, literally like that!? We await the liberating Starlink e-mail and in the meantime I ponder how and where to put the dish above the treeline in our green bubble. Keep up the good work Joe!
Thanks so much for your thoughts. They are appreciated. I personally do not have a cable or fiber option and Starlink is the only satellite option worth a sh1t so it is truly the best. That said, I’m not interested in the politics of the company as if I were I would not ever shop With Amazon, Walmart, Starbucks, the list would be ends.
Q: Why would Starlink Dishy show less blue area after raising the dish 7 FT higher that it was? It had a clear view with what looked like the tree line to the outer edge for the blue. Sould i lower it back down to get more blue area back?
so i been doing some reviews on yb here and att inernet air has like 150 ping and where they had the 5g plus so i think for me imma stay with t moble as my inernet bc i am a gamer / so 150 ping wouldnt work but may still try it out to see
@@jcristina also just want to say thanks for the videos i always watch em and enjoy ur content / lot of times i listen to em while im at work and im a nerd i could talk/ listen and watch stuff like this all day lol
I have been watching your RU-vid videos for sometime now. I need some help i purchased a starlink kit from a third party and because of a few incidents i have decided to have them disconnect the service. Now that, that happen i request to have ownership but they're refusing to give. Is there a way to have full control of my starlink kit?
Hello JCristina, I think I'm gonna be awarded the medal of honor for not having installed my Starlink rectangular dish I received about 1-1/2 years ago. For which I've been paying my monthly bills on time ever since with auto-pay. My bad, I'm pushing myself and my laziness into completing this task by Monday! I NEED FAST INTERNET WITH NO CAPS, THROTLE AND TOTALLY UNLIMITED. I'm in Puerto Rico and coverage seems to be very good for Starlink. I have an old Dish Network install where I can make the install for my Starlink hardware. It's very sturdy. Many of your videos are very inspiring I just gotta run with them. Thanks for all you do sir. Looking forward to your book of "All Things Starlink" Many Blessings to you and family. FRANK
More satei light means more space junk in space, you didn't sold me on this because I don't do think is worst it. The cost, and so many problems from most of my friends who hads it. O think in the last coue of months you turn into a stsrlink fans, you hardly dont do photo talk or video talk after awhile when I turn to watch you channel it qas about star link and for that is the reason I stop watching you channel you was my one of my best channel just like today I watch or try to watch and I kept moving the dial to the end cause it got boring, nothing personnel but I lost interest in you channel you was better then this when you was about all photography and video and you try to talk about gear and that disnt go so well you are all in starlink but I am all out of your channel sorry but that my option but if you get back into what made you I will watch you again respectfully. Good luck in your starlink channel...and wish you well.
Lol wish I had 7mb down and .7 upload when I had dsl I was lucky to see 5mb down on a good day most days 2.5 down upload sometimes didn’t even read at times maybe .2 and I was paying almost $100 a month for this garbage
Why do RU-vidrs still continue to think it's acceptable to waste the viewers time in the first few minutes to get them to advertise their RU-vid channel? It is not our job to feed the algorithm. It is yours. It is not our job to watch your ads. It is your job to get a job to pay for your RU-vid . It's not the viewers fault because the RU-vidr dropped out of school or had to drive for doordash and failed and then watched a few Gary vee videos and then thought RU-vid would be the way out of the hole they had dug for themselves. No matter the reason why you decided to talk to yourself inside a tiny room is none of the viewers biz, only your therapist can answer. The extraction of value from the video is much like extracting gold from a motherboard. Smashing the board brings way more enjoyment than melting the gold just to make a gold flakes to put in my liquor.
@@jcristina - Learn how to write a concise script and read it. No one clicks on your videos to be entertained by you. They click to get information, not aimless drivel. Hope this helps.
From the tests I have ran with mine I wana say starting out was peaking at 200 to just over then over the past year when I have done it several times I was down to like 50-150 now I am usually 150-280. This is during the day. Have not ran tests at night to see what they are. But I think my upload speed is still 15-20. Not sure what they use to be
@@jcristina slight miss print 250 is usually the high end but will go to 280 for alittle bit but I could maybe be getting alittle better speeds idk. Ever since I got my Starlink it’s always been on the floor in the corner. I havnt been able to bring it into the house where I wanted and up higher. And I use WiFi. Which I don’t know if that makes much of a difference. Compared to Ethernet
