Starlink Internet - 6 Months Later...Do We Like It? 

Good, responsible, unbiased opinion. Thank you Ed. I know of another con that I haven't heard ANYONE list. Shared IP numbers. This where the ISP, Starlink in this case, share the same IP number up between several (many?) users. If a user wanted to log into their home network from outside, IE Wide Area Network or WAN, for the purposes of checking their security camera or pulling a file from a home PC, with Starlink they cannot do that. There are cloud=based solutions but that's another story and will cost more. Also for gamers, (you don't strike me as a gamer Ed :-) a shared IP is not the best for some games or a Playstation PS4 or PS5. Not sure why but my son tells me so. The other issue with Starlink is the cost of its mesh WiFi extenders. it's too late for you Ed but anyone else considering extending their WiFi around a big home or on multiple floors, etc they should purchase the Starlink Ethernet adapter then bypass the Starlink router (it's in the app) then connect your own good quality router that may all by itself supply sufficient signal for your house BUT with your own router you can use cheaper extenders as and where needed and don't cost a whole lot of dollars either. With your own router you can also fiddle with lots of switches that can make your signal even better, dodge channel clashes for one and far easier to hook up cameras into the barn, henhouse, front gate, or whatever. So that's what I will be doing. To get a static IP you could pay for a dirt cheap service that has a static IP option and bond it to your Starlink service inside a dual WAN router. That way you get a static IP and the benefits of it for not much more money. Just a thought. Thaks for your video Mr Nyberg. Appreciate the honesty; a rare thing these days, especially on the internet.

Ordered starlink today. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Thank you. I appreciated your clear and practical review of Starlink

Thank you, Nybergs for your Feedback. I live in a rural area in Europe without high speed internet. I ordered my Starlink system today and I am looking forward to be able to work from home properly. Greetings from Europe!

Thanks for the great explanation and review of Starlink. We are just waiting for our area to be within coverage. Good to know it’s a reliable option.

I really want to try starlink soon, many thanks for the insight.

Even as an Ohio State Buckeye I really appreciate your review, as I am in the middle of trenching and setting up. Thank You.

Thank you for the review. When nothing else is available & we're paying over $400 a month for Direct TV & ViaSat, this is a no brainer for us. It'll pay for itself in less than 3 months. I purchased 2 days ago when it finally became available for us. Just hope it works because we do have around 3 to 5% obstruction. We bought the pole too to get it a little higher.

Thank you!!!

It was a life saver for me. The best internet I could get locally was 30mbs for $100 a month. I was lucky to get 2 mb of it most of the time. This was such a game changer for me. If my wife was ever streaming something it would cripple whatever I was doing (gaming). Now I never even notice if she's streaming.

Nice review 👍🏼

Thank you for this honest review. I am in a remote area as well in Central Wisconsin. What I was most concerned was the reliability of the network. Because I work in IT is will still have to have DSL as back up but you answered my worries of uptime and outage resolution times. As the person in the pinned comment stated the shared IP might be worrisome for security camera access but I can do without. In addition for other nerds you can purchase the Ethernet adapter and bypass the Starlink router to use your own device and utilize a cheaper mesh option if you choose. The “bypass router” is available in the app so no additional networking knowledge is needed to execute this optional setup.

Excellent review. Wish I had known about it before I purchased Brand "X"

Go Blue! Your speed is excellent given other post

I’m also satisfied with the product. I live in a Danish community. I thought maybe you were from my area at first.

Nice. Had my wife watch this.... she's the Wiffy expert for us. Ha. All sounds good, we're still 5-7 years away from moving further north. Yes that "Team from the North" is strong this year... ugh. Buckeye by birth here, born and raised in N.E. Ohio, Michigan resident for combined 27 years.... still loyal to the Buckeyes.... lol. Hopefully Michigan will represent the Big 10 well and put a whoooopppping on the SEC. Thanks for the vid and your time.

I'd love to see a video of your hometheater set-up

Glad to hear it works so well, I'm a couple counties directly south of you and in need of decent internet! Cellular hotspot isn't cutting it anymore.

Love my Starlink! Go BUCKS!

Love the two flags, but one is improperly displayed (sorry to nitpick) … blue field white stars should be in the upper left corner when hung vertically. Go Blue!!

Those cons won't bother me a bit if it works. Got notified yesterday that it's available for me after waiting almost 3 months. Paid for it and it's on the way. Going to do a pole in yard like you did in other video. Thanks.

Thanks and correct one information that, 150Mbps is Mega bit per second, while not Mega Byte per second. We(engineers) always use lower case "b" to stand bits, while upper case "B" bytes. 1 Bytes = 8 bits ISP always love bigger performance number to make people happy(every body love big number). So 150M bit/second = 18.75M Byte/second, and ISP definitely choose 150 number.

Awesome Job! The Mesh network capability is definitely a pro! Can you hard-wire connect into the mesh receivers?

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Giving it a try. BTW....the US flag on your wall is hung incorrectly. The union (star field) is always upper left when hung vertically.

We are on the wait list after exhausting all other options in are area. Options are available but no room to expand their current system and no dates for new towers going up. We were told next summer for Starlink. What mesh system did you install? We bought Google's system (it was on sale) and it made the world of difference within the home and around the property with the lousy internet connection we have, very slow speed.

Moving to a home next to Lake Skegemog,. This was super helpful! Would you say that you remain overall pleased with your service?

Thanks for the Info. Too bad Michigan isn't in the SEC where real football is played. It looks like starlink is my best option Go Vols!

hi from iowa

Thank you for the video! How is the upload speed? Is it slow during over cast day days or rainy days?

We live in Alba, we have poor signal here, I was thinking to get one used standard SL kit, I hope it works here. Greetings

Thanks for the effort, great information. Except it’s mega bits not mega bytes. Little “b”.

Hey thanks for making this review video. One thing i didnt see in the comments either but any issues on cloudy or rainy days with service? How is it inpacted if so? Just slows down or no connection at all.

First time watcher, live in SW MI, go blue! Random question, do you know a John Nyberg? Worked around the SW MI area

Agreed is a bit high priced for equipment but cheap line rental for the speeds and the availability where you get these speeds nothing comes as close

I just received my approved purchase for the system in my area. I have 7 days to decide to buy or not. One question, do you have to run an ethernet cable to the starlink stand / antenna back into your house to the router? Or, can you connect the antenna to the router wirelessly? I'm a bit confused on that part. Thanks

I Just received my Starlink kit and followed the installation guide but unable to see the Starlink under my networks in order to setup. Not sure what to do….any help will be appreciated.

With only the router how many devices you think can be covered with decent signal?

Are you guys Iowa based? I saw Davenport Century Link when you were comparing speeds. We are from Waterloo area.

Megabits not Megabytes. But awesome review all the same. Just ordered one 😁

I dont think the price is too bad You get good, and reliable internet anywhere You can get starlink for RV, and drive anywhere, or get it on a boat, sail to Africa, or an island somewhere I dont know how much it cost to install fiber, for example

How do you add Wi-Fi and extra outputs to the system?

How does it hold up when it's covered in show or ice?

I wonder if they’ll ever offer a install service. Isn’t starlink still technically in beta?

Is it allowed to make hotspot from StarLink and share Internet with neighbours?

3:40 you're welcome

Was this video uploaded with the capability of starlink?

Nice video. FYI, your American flag is hung wrong. The canton (star field) is always to the upper left.

Great video Please turn your flag around so its probably hung stars always upper left

40 devices? At home?

Starlink continued to bill me when they knew my service was diwn and even after I sent my equipment back to them. I paid $1548 forfour months

All i wanted to know was the ping.

You need to feature american flag

Megabit and megabyte is not the same Your VDSL Give you 15 megabyte a sec Thats 120 megabit Thats fantastic 150 megabyte in a sec Would give you an internet connection at 1,2 gigabit Or 1200 Megabit Starlink is faster than gigabit?

Hughes and Viasat are beyond horrible…..total rip off.

Your US flag is hanging backwards