Does Starlink Work in The Woods?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

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[@Bumpkinisluvd]

Sharing with my hubby. We live in a pocket between properties, all trees are very high old growth cedar. We recently even had to have our cable dish relocated from the roof to the back yard. This gives me a good inside as to a better option for what would work for our household.

[@nyannyan123456]

I have terrestrial wireless internet. I put up a 35' tower on the edge of my woods, and run an ethernet cable 250' to my house. I get a consistent 50mbps download and 5mbps upload. Latency is usually in the low 20ms range. I have not had an outage in over two years. I'm glad to see starlink works well. It's nice to have a backup plan.

[@CommonSenseCarnivore]

Thank you for this detailed video! We almost went with it last week but we hesitated. Rethinking now. Looking forward to a follow up video! ❤

[@HenryLoenwind]

It actually connects to a different satellite every 2.5 minutes. Those are in low earth orbit, so they are passing by very quickly. The kind of obstruction you have means that it cannot connect to satellites that are passing through that area, and as it has determined that that area is obstructed, it will not even try. So you will not get a bad signal from those trees, but connections to satellites that may not be the most optimal ones. However, with the number of satellites up there nowadays, there should always be enough available. What's more limiting to your speed is that you're in an area with many Starlink customers. Satellites, radio waves and base stations are a shared medium, so the customer density in an area directly affects available bandwidth.

[@tsx3214]

Thanks for sharing...Starlink rocks, and it's only gonna improve.

[@bikeny]

For me, just watching you walking around without a care in the world on the roof was giving me major oh-no's. I don't do well like higher than 3 steps on a ladder. I'm glad the people I bought my house from had their Starlink Gen 2 on a motorized pole in the middle of the yard. Every so often it might think there are obstructions, but for all in intents and purposes no problem. It too has the heating function so the snow doesn't pile up. And since you reminded me, I did a speedtest: Download Mbps 320.02 Upload Mbps 27.32 The latencies were in the low 20's. One thing I have to investigate is that my Samsung S21 Ultra experiences pauses during my wi-fi calls. The call doesn't drop or disconnect, but basically it's as if both parties muted the line. I can't hear them and they can't hear me. It lasts for maybe 15 to 30 seconds. My friends and family know about it, so we will have to repeat things at times. I don't know if it's the phone itself or is it the Starlink system. My computers and such work and yes, I did buy that Ethernet adapter so I could have everything wired.

[@Nova-m8d]

Reception will increase in winter since the tree leaves will be gone and decrease when the leaves return in the summer.

[@rodneyfeltman7688]

Great Video. You are correct, there are a lot of people that wonder if the trees around their home will affect the signal….because the app says it does. I am one of those people. Can you clarify more about the ‘slow downs’. When it slows down is it unusable. I use internet for TV, Streaming, Teaching etc. So I was just looking for some clarity on exactly what you mean. Thanks!!!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Connectivity hasn’t been an issue but we might notice lower quality streaming or slower uploads and downloads during slower times. It is still all faster than our previous provider

[@edieboudreau9637]

Interesting. Um. Why not use a chimney strap to put it in place instead???

[@jeffkellar170]

We live in the country we have starlink love it

[@jmdminiaturehorse63]

I just ordered it yesterday because we live out in the middle of nowhere in horse country florida. I will let you know how it works nephew.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Nice! I hope it works good for you down there!

[@454Burban]

Todd, any concern about snow accumulation on the dish during the Winter months? Do you anticipate the heat from the fireplace could potentially abate the snow up there?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

It actually warms the dish to melt snow automatically:)

[@454Burban]

@@SSLFamilyDad I tell ya what, that Elon guy thinks of everything! ;)

[@davidcrowson4745]

Shingles look good is that a new roof??

[@SSLFamilyDad]

About ten years old I believe

[@PandTRanch]

We put Starlink on our community hall. We were in a similar situation - quite far off the beaten path. I want people to be aware that since it is space-based, it won’t work during rainshowers, thunderstorms or blizzards. The signal cannot get through water (although fair-weather clouds are okay)! So don’t be surprised! 😀

[@SteelheadTed]

This isn't quite right. Water can effect the signal but it often still works depending on several factors. Around us in Oregon and Washington state I know quite a few folks with Starlink that have no issues in the rain or snow.

[@PandTRanch]

@@SteelheadTed you are right - in a light rain, no problem! But we had a 40,000 ft tall cumulonimbus cloud (I checked the echo tops RADAR 😀) parked over the hall giving us quite a downpour and the internet really dropped off badly.

[@SteelheadTed]

@@PandTRanch OK, but that’s not the same as “won’t work during rain showers”, which isn’t the case.

[@metamud8686]

so what does this cost / month?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

$120 per month

[@triciasklodowske5653]

Snow removal? All the leaves will be gone soon so less blockage! Frontier internet it comes through the good old phone line, no it's not dialup. Less than $70 a month. No down time or "data" limits. Thanks. Be careful on the roof. God bless and protect.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

I used to have frontier, I wish I had it here!

[@jlrbhj]

This was super helpful! I am considering Starlink for work. And have loads of trees. Thank you!

[@Universalhealing-bo3ir]

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[@sickem19]

Not sure that will be a great spot for snow in the winter. Getting up there to clear the snow off might be a pain.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

It has a snow melt button where it warms the dish and melts the snow:)

[@sickem19]

@@SSLFamilyDad that’s awesome

[@tsx3214]

OT: Trump, RFK jr, Elon! The A team 🙂

[@markduncan6690]

Star Link Star Link! Enough! 🤮🤮🤮🤮