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Posted: 10/9/2022 11:15:01 AM EDT
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Im contemplating the Best Effort option. I am on 4G now, and get about 20mb down, 6mb up. Ping is good. It’s functional 98% of the time, but slow as Christmas.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 6:25:16 PM EDT
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Its fucking awesome.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 8:10:39 PM EDT
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At the house site, we're down in the valley a bit. 4g is unobtainium. Starlink is awesome. But on top of the hill, in 4-5 bars of 4g, it has a slight advantage over starlink. Not in overall speeds, but starlink cuts out for a few seconds here and there. Only affects my zoom and team calls, but for those of us who work remotely, that is a requirement.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 8:32:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At the house site, we're down in the valley a bit. 4g is unobtainium. Starlink is awesome. But on top of the hill, in 4-5 bars of 4g, it has a slight advantage over starlink. Not in overall speeds, but starlink cuts out for a few seconds here and there. Only affects my zoom and team calls, but for those of us who work remotely, that is a requirement. Im on a ridgetop but far from the 4g tower. My connection isn’t fast, but latency is low and rarely disconnects. So, how long are the disconnects and how frequent are they? |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 12:56:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Im on a ridgetop but far from the 4g tower. My connection isn’t fast, but latency is low and rarely disconnects. So, how long are the disconnects and how frequent are they? It varies for sure, but can be easily 4-5 times in a 30 minute teams meeting. 3-10 seconds each time. Sometimes it's an issue, sometimes it's just annoying. It's rarely noticeable in video or audio streaming as the buffer can handle 3-10 seconds. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 3:04:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It varies for sure, but can be easily 4-5 times in a 30 minute teams meeting. 3-10 seconds each time. Sometimes it's an issue, sometimes it's just annoying. It's rarely noticeable in video or audio streaming as the buffer can handle 3-10 seconds. Hmmm.. i may just have to get it in. I can live with that. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 9:10:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hmmm.. i may just have to get it in. I can live with that. It's not perfect for daily "work" but I'm not there everyday. And it's an amazing improvement over hughesnet. I'm sure it will get better as they increase the satellites. It's a game changer for me. Prior, I could not "work from home" there. |
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Posted: 10/21/2022 4:31:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's a few pics of my setup. It's about the best I can do without putting up a tall pole on the south side of the house. While it tells me to expect issues, every 2 minutes, my VPN and RDP sessions are well within my acceptable levels. Teams and zoom calls do buffer from time to time, but only.for a second or two and not much if any worse than my cable connection at home. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89127/Resized_Screenshot_20220425-200033_Galle-2362065.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89127/Resized_Screenshot_20220425-200048_Galle-2362066.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89127/Screenshot_20220425-201402_Starlink_jpg-2362067.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89127/Screenshot_20220425-195915_Starlink_jpg-2362068.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89127/Screenshot_20220425-195941_Starlink_jpg-2362069.JPG You have a way better treeline then i do I have a boatload of 40-60ft trees Im not capable of loping off tops Guess starlink aint for me |
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Posted: 10/21/2022 5:57:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You have a way better treeline then i do I have a boatload of 40-60ft trees Im not capable of loping off tops Guess starlink aint for me I topped 2 of the trees at 80' off the ground. Still have one more to do. It's certainly better now. I think the last one will make a little more difference.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 8:47:28 AM EDT
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I got the "best effort"email and ordered.
When it gets here I'll be dealing with trees also. I guess I'll wait and see which ones need to be cut. |
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Posted: 12/8/2022 9:05:31 AM EDT
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I've had mine up and running for about 3 weeks at the cabin. Moved it around a few times and settled on the end of the roof peak for now.
Works well for now. Might be a different story once the leaves come out. It allowed me to dump DTV and cut my cell plan in half. Saves me $55 a month, so the payback is around 10 months. Haven't tried wifi calling yet. |
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Posted: 12/9/2022 4:26:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: *snip*. Haven't tried wifi calling yet. Mine work good enough for wifi calling on my Samsung s21 |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 10:29:08 AM EDT
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I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks now.
Mine seems to always want to angle due north. I have a few big trees in that direction and has to put a 10’ mast on the roof. (Lowes sells a 1-1/4’ structural steel pipe, and all mounting fittings that are inexpensive and perfectly fit dishy.) I get no obstructions now. But im going to have to prune and down a few trees this spring. I was a little miffed I had to buy an ethernet adapter separately. But otherwise, pretty happy this far. It’s literally 10x faster than the 4G I was using. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 6:05:56 PM EDT
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Mine is still working great. I average about 1-2 mins of obstruction per hour due to the mountain I am on (I can only pull it back so far facing north over the peak and there are trees up there). Still more than good enough for 4k streaming, zoom video conferencing, Wi-Fi calling, etc. super happy with it!
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