Honest Starlink Review: Is Elon Musk's Satellite Internet Worth It? Unsponsored Pros & Cons

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0:00-0:49 - Intro
0:50-1:52 - Speed
1:53-2:55 - Reliability
2:56-3:34 - Aesthetics
3:35-4:50 - Remote
4:51-5:20 - DIY Friendly
5:21-6:41 - Contract
6:42-7:30 - Switching To Roam
7:31-8:29 - Changing Info
8:30-9:04 - DIY Required
9:05-9:50 - Sky Access
9:51-10:21 - Clunky R/R Swap
10:22-11:57 - Limited Availability
11:58-13:40 - Startup Cost
13:41-14:24 - Local Considerations
14:25-15:43 - Customer Service
15:44- - Final Thoughts
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[@OakAbode]

Should add, I do think Starlink offers a certain amount of time that you can return the hardware if you decide to. I'll update here if anything changes with our Starlink experience in the future!

[@maryb6815]

Where are you located?

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

When you say fiber internet speeds with star link, how fast is your speed? Thanks

[@jokerace8227]

It could actually be totally flat on both sides as it is a Phased Array Antenna, which is interesting tech in and of itself. They designed the bottom side of the Starlink antenna to resemble old parabolic sat TV dishes because that's what we're all used to seeing for satellite based systems, but it technically doesn't have to be shaped like that. (ツ)☕ ☕(ツ)

[@Canal-gi8di]

Monthly price at 170$ here in canada is quite big

[@Eldude350]

@@Canal-gi8di 161,00 here in New Brunswick....

[@johnwaynewilliamson]

People typing complaints about $600 hardware from a $1200 phone. Bet the starlink outlasts the phone.

[@KeithandPamBilyeu]

Once you pay the startup cost of the device it is YOURS and YOU can SELL it. It is asset for your property if you sell the property. The monthly fee for UNLIMITED data is cheaper than monthly rate for satellite.

[@probuilder961]

I agree. I pay $90/mo now for 1.25TB of data with Cox and I'm considering switching ISPs so, I would need to buy a new router + modem anyway + the Frontier Fiber would need to run a large cable 400' from the street to a new box on my house like I have now with Cox...guessing it would cost a few hundred dollars, so $600 start up cost looks better as I run the numbers.

[@getbusylivin177]

Excellent point,

[@shugatoast7844]

They are probably complaining on their Obama Free “Govment” phones, cant afford a pot to piss in , since they wont get a job and go to work😂

[@ThePriceIsRising]

Right?😂

[@mrgruisinge]

I am rural in NW Missouri. No DSL no cable. Tried a sat company. Best I ever saw was 12MBS worst .2MBS. As soon as Starlink was announced I paid my $100 and waited. Sat company was a two year contract. Starlink came in about five months before contract was up. Just kept the thing for the next five months to avoid the fees. As we spend more time at the farm our list of connected devices grows I think we now have 24. Nest thermostats, Ring cameras, WIFI routers, smart TVs, smart switches, Mr Cool mini splits plus every ones phones. Still stream Tv just fine. It is a bit expensive to start but it works. Unlimited data is pretty sweet too. Sat company charged way too much and always had a cap. No cap with Starlink. There will never be fiber here so this is my best choice. Two plus years in and I am still pleased. Thanks for the review. Pretty well spot on.

[@darrelladon3619]

I appreciate the heads up. I'm in southern Oklahoma, it says coming soon! But I have to RELY on one company to provide interweb. Needless to say is. They suck.

[@KeithandPamBilyeu]

Satellite companies also throttle the speed back too once to get to a certain data usage. 3 family members who live in the Northwoods of WI are LOVING Starlink after being SOAKED by HUGESNET and getting THE WORST SERVICE and SPEEDS.

[@kdude1000]

Cool to have some internet but you just deprived yourself of some of the essential values of being off grid.. you have literally every device to be tracked. To each his own though

[@earthangel8875]

@@kdude1000 If you have a social security number you Are tracked. Who cares if you don't have anything to hide? It's hard to admit, but some things we just can't control, but for the techy ones out there you know the "tricks". The terminology Off Grid has many levels and is different for everyone. There is no one way or no way for the record. Live healthy, be happy, and live your best life, where ever however you choose. Angel from The Bay

[@chrisbrzon3917]

We've had Starlink Residential for a little over 1.5 years. Speeds have increased and service has gotten so reliable, we don't even think about it anymore. Basically it just works like you'd expect it to.

[@aday1637]

After one year with Starlink, I haven't noticed any negatives. Just pure positives. Great service with only one or 2 brief downs for a few minutes. Price is less, for us than cellular internet. As far as customer service, 2 months after we received the equipment we were notified by Starlink that our equipment was not working properly and they were sending us a replacement. We didn't notice any issue at our end. It had something to do with the motor inside not responding exactly as it was supposed to do. They knew about it and fixed it prior to us needing a service ticket. We received the new dishy, put in on the pole and put the old one back in the box they provided and sent it back prepaid label included.

[@cyrilonurisi277]

I assume you set this up at home. So, does it allow you to access the service on your mobile phone when you are away from home, say at work or shopping malls? or do us still have to rely on cellular networks?

[@MissionForward3]

Awesomeness!

[@4115James]

Wow

[@james-rd4dq]

you have to be in range of the network dish. The app can show you the range@@cyrilonurisi277

[@ryanhamstra49]

Most of the negatives I hear are “it’s not as fast as my fiber was!!!” Like, yeah….. it’s wireless…. It’s not for you.

[@daphod74]

I’ve had Starlink on my semi-rural property for over a year (1st gen equipment, slightly larger round dish) - service is very good, more reliable than the DSL we used to have. We do get short outages during the most intense storms. One additional con is the rate has gone up twice in the past year or so - so again, with no contract those rates can change at any time. I work 100% remote, so the high speed and reliability of Starlink have been a blessing.

[@zarroth]

I ended up with a 5g setup and while not as good as starlink speeds, do not have any of those issues. Only issue I have is it will occasionally overheat due to unusually high usage. The hardware t-mobile uses is garbage. It's too compact and needs much more space inside of it for people like you and I who work from home and need to occasionally do a lot of simultaneously heavy loading for more than an hour at a time. However, the price is stable and 1/3 of starlinks rates so I cancelled starlink for this instead.

[@Sapphireleadershipadvisors]

I am curious how upstream video conferencing is. I am sure the downstream speed for others in a video conference is fine but what about your own video stream? What if you have 2 people in a Zoom or Teams call in your house? I already have cable internet but I am going to get an off grid property and am looking at this as a consideration.

[@noradeclark9283]

any problems with trees blocking the signal? What direction does the dish need to be pointed at? See, years ago I quit the dish as the tree leaves interfered. Bah..

[@CM-xg1vm]

I've had Starlink for about 12 months in Italy and two of my friends have bought it since they have seen the performance of mine. It is excellent, there have even been power outages in the area nad we were able to keep going off battery power. Can't recommend enough, it was a bit annoying having to buy the ethernet dongle, i have that now hooked up to a three router mesh network and my whole property is covered with great internet.

[@ecomcheap]

Watching this video with Starlink from Mozambique, it's actually really great :)

[@OakAbode]

Now this is awesome!

[@jsmythib]

The planet has gotten so much smaller :)

[@gregsmith2807]

I have had starlink for over a year and have steadily seen improvements in the service...one thing to keep in mind is they currently have only around 10% of the total constellation of satellites up and running that they are going to put up..by the time it is fully operational it will certainly be faster and probably almost immune to rain faid etc

[@getbusylivin177]

To ok them over 3 years to cover Louisiana,

[@s.v.5829]

@@getbusylivin177 It's not that Louisiana wasn't covered. It more likely had to do with approval and your area. The first 2 years SpaceX was targeting and restricting sales to northern states and primarily rural areas with the least internet options. Prioritizing customers who needed it most... Like me, in Iowa. Our internet was dog crap here before them. Now all the other providers are begging for customers, but they lost me for good. 50GB limit can kiss my A.

[@Atlantis.Reborn]

Every 5 years all those satellites will need to be replaced due to low earth orbit decay. It's a costly business.

[@mateogomez8413]

@@Atlantis.Reborn They already have reusable rockets, possibly they are thinking about making their satellites reusable too, remember that Space X is considered a space company that breaks everything traditional and ventures into unusual solutions

[@shyamdevadas6099]

Three months ago, I tried TMobile 5G Business Internet on a trial basis. No contract. No equipment rental fee. No setup cost. I literally walked into a TMobile store and walked out with it in 15 minutes. Took it home, plugged it in, and it worked. I immediately got 220Mbps down and 130Mbps up. At night, I got surge speeds of +400Mbps down and +250 up. Latency is low, low, LOW. All for $50/month...with a lifetime rate lock. Even in my country property, I can get ~60Mbps down and I haven't even added an external 4x4 MIMO antenna, which will greatly improve the speeds. Not every area is going to have this, but the reason why LOE providers like Starlink and Amazon Kuiper are doomed as widespread rural providers is the much lower cost of equipping, deploying, and maintaining networks. Cell towers exist everywhere and wherever you have one, there is a fiber optic trunk. All that 5G providers like TMobile, Verizon, and AT&T need to do is to rent tower space in within a 3-5 mile radius of a rural community, install directional 5G transmitters, and start advertising the service. Unlike LOE, there is no wait or cost for the equipment, it can be picked up or mailed, setup is effortless, and the performance is superior. The price will always be lower and there will never be contracts. Some areas will always have no coverage. This includes extremely rural areas and the open ocean. However, LOE providers can't rely on just those markets to stay solvent. In not too long, providers like Starlink are going to be facing an uphill battle.

[@webcompanion]

We went to a friend's property in mid-Michigan, middle of nowhere. He had Starlink there and gave us the password to get on it. So we hooked up our RV TV and our smartphones. Great service! It was as good or better than our cable TV internet back home.

[@KeithandPamBilyeu]

Pam here… in northern WI my sister had to pay to have it mounted up higher to clear trees. She loves it.

[@marsspacex6065]

The reason the satellite dish looks like that is that its a more advanced technology called phased array antenna. Same thing the military is using in the F-35 ETC.

[@bgleason1962]

We live in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. We have a pretty good clearing but do have some obstructions in the area we have the antenna placed, but it still performs well.

[@matthewpflugh1810]

We love our starlink. We live so far out that it's the only choice we have and it's amazing. We love that it's truly unlimited. We have 4 xboxs and we stream all of our shows and movies.

[@julienvm]

Used Starlink in France, Belgium, Denmark and Norway with Roam. No problem whatsoever, great speeds. We have the dish stored in our Model Y camper and we just use it when on the road (parked, as we haven't found a way to mount it yet)

[@RaySqw785]

60 Mbps "great speed" lol

[@jasonmontgomery9291]

Great video! Thank you for the thorough and honest review. We live in a rural area with very limited internet options and our neighbors just got Starlink, so we're looking into it. I appreciate all the information!

[@barrybateman9857]

Great video! I'm a farmer that lives in a valley. Satellite required for internet access. I've been using satellite internet since dial up and satellite based marketing info services. My first satellite ISP setup (years ago) took two of us seven hours in the freezing cold! Fast forward to Starlink. I was fortunate to get in on the first plane load of Starlink Gen 1 round dishes to come to Western Canada. There is a downloadable utility that works on your phone to measure whether you have enough sky to get an acceptable signal. Starlink's setup is the easiest and fastest BY FAR I've ever had. A few minutes at most. I lag bolted a stand onto my roof. String the wire from the dish to your modem. Plug it into AC power and the satellite automatically finds the satellites itself! Twenty times faster uploads & downloads! One twentieth the lag time! All for the same price as fixed position satellite ISP. Elon Musk's Starlink has made me a fan. Thank you Elon.

[@Ironsja11]

Great review, thank you for being focused and making your points. There is no internet at our very rural cabin and the hotspot we've been using is about useless as more people get on the network. Starlink is available now, and we'll be getting set up with it early this spring!

[@pajamatime5750]

I get 200MBPS with my starlink. Haven’t had a single issue.

[@ryanmatthews2284]

Can you use residential Starlink in roam mode? It says waitlist where I live. Needing internet asap though and only 1 company will provide wireless internet

[@jsmythib]

@@ryanmatthews2284 Yes as far as I know, for a fee.

[@Orchatplug]

Awesome vid definitely closer to making my decision on getting starlink !

[@howardkearney7989]

Positive experience. As I live in near the Gulf of Mexico and in Hurricane area nearly every year. When a storm comes in it will bring down my internet access for weeks at a time. Since I work online that is bad. With Starlink, I just take the dish down, wait for the storm to be over and connect back up.

[@SEANRMZ]

Thanks for your write up. Just received ours, loving it and when you know the cons.. nothing else maters. We use our’s only on roam for that rv warrior. Thanks

[@philgarrett5947]

I have the Starlink Roam service and it works the same as the Residential. It's a great satellite provider and get great speeds. A recent new feature for Starlink is that you can sell your equipment and transfer your service to someone else.

[@Bentley3211]

Where would I look to purchased a used atarlink setup?

[@whitehulkj23]

I think it's so good you might not find people selling to often

[@nickdunin1504]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Getting Starlink next week

[@nigelsampson5945]

I'm thinking about Starlink and this really helped. Thanks for sharing.

[@philipwatkins8157]

Excellent background to the SL system - thank you.

[@genethesurveyor]

YES I live in an area where we have 120-150' pine trees all around our house. The solution? Put the antenna in the top of a tree. Many of our neighbors are doing that. It is not cheep but it is the only way to get internet in this neighborhood.

[@nolandenton1224]

Very informative and well done video. Thanks!

[@claudenormandeau9211]

You are such a clear speaker. You are gifted. Thank you for your in depth review

[@josephwdenton]

This was good thank you. We just got it in TN and I love it.

[@samantharedd329]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 on those 2 yr 👎🏽contracts! Thanks for this info!!! 🙏🏽👍🏼🙏🏽

[@SonniesGardenPA]

Good Review, Thanks for sharing.

Thank You for the info on Starlink ,its nice to here a review from a normal person, i will defiantly look into it for myself, again thank you Oh i love your videos on chickens

[@Happy-Trails-To-You]

Good overview. Thank you.

[@willw3900]

Super informative. Thanks

[@MarkBurrissispymab]

Thank you, this was a big help.

[@brucejordan8444]

Thanks for the review! What general area are you in?

[@theElderberryFarmer]

Your review/evaluation is spot on, balanced and extremely fair. My observations after having Starlink for about a year-and-a-half are in line with yours. Starlink is a great choice when there is no availability to a terrestrial service. I find that I get 50 - 125 mbps down and 10 mbps up at my rural farm property, which is adequate for most folks' needs. But to be fair, this really isn't on par with fiber internet speeds. I have fiber at my home in town and the speeds available (based on what you want to pay) are 300, 500 and 1000 mbps. The cost for 300 mbps fiber is less than 1/2 of what I pay for Starlink, without aany equipment charge. The Starlink equipment is expensive, the router leaves much to be desired and the monthly cost is high. It is less expensive than other satellite internet offerings and provides much greater speed -- but if you have a terrestrial option available, Starlink isn't a preferred choice. The lack of customer service is a huge issue, but it is what it is I guess. Take care and God Bless.

[@jayhache5609]

Interesting info. Thanks! I just moved to a rural farm property in WV and all my neighbors said to just get Starlink, since the sole local fiber optic provider is horrible - Slower speeds, unreliable, frequent outages, horrible customer service, at 3/4 cost of Starlink. So, I’m getting Starlink. They said initial outlay is obviously more, but in the long run it’s better to get Starlink - Fewer headaches, more reliable, higher speeds. Wish me luck!

[@RaySqw785]

not 5G services? got way faster than ADSL like

[@tomhaire4758]

Hi there, So on the start up cost con you mentioned, I don't have Starlink at this time but the service I do have I have had since 2017, that being said, the low monthly cost of the rented equipment has already exceeded what the cost to get the startup system of Starlink so now every I am now paying more than it would cost to switch. Just a thought.

[@bc-guy852]

Greetings from smoky BC, Canada. Great episode! MORE "Soapbox" anytime - please.

[@OakAbode]

Why, thank you!

[@bc-guy852]

@@OakAbode You're just such a 'natuaral' in front of the camera and seem to have such a positive outlook - on everything - I usually smile through your whole episode. Refreshing. (And you've helped a lot - with my first chicks. First egg - - any day now!)

[@chiefbobdavis99]

We’ve had Starlink about 4 mos. We use a bunch of data, virtually no buffering. Easy install all is well. Living in the boonies I’d recommend it big time.

[@johnkwolf]

I just got it so far it’s been great

[@magichands6319]

Considering alternatives to ATT. Great video, thanks for your time! ✨

[@trevorevans7101]

Great review, thank you. What region do you live in? We’re in Gippsland Victoria.

[@darosa5741]

We have Starlink on Siargao Island, Philippines. It was a game changer. LTE services are poor 95% of the time, so Starlink has been incredibly fast. We haven't hit our rainy season yet, so we are a bit worried. Rain here is torrential. We still have our LTE hardware in place in case Starlink goes down for any significant amount of time.

[@Brit_in_Mindanao]

I've recently adopted Starlink here in the surigao del sur province, no usable phone signal and the only previous option was a point to point microwave link which was OK but not consistent. A brownout here or at the receiving point that's it, you're offline. Also while it was unlimited data, we were capped at 10mbps. Starlink has been a game changer, consistently 100mbps or more and almost completely stable. Its more expensive, but for us, it's worth it. I've also invested in a portable battery backup power supply, so no power? No problem we're still online.

[@darosa5741]

@Brit_in_Mindanao ... good on you 👏. UPS are vital to keep the Starlink powered up. Our UPS can keep our hardware up for about 30 minutes, which is plenty of time to fire up the backup generator.

[@s.v.5829]

@@Brit_in_Mindanao Too bad you weren't lucky enough to get one of the free Power Walls Tesla donated, but I hear they only gave out a few thousand. Still like 100 million dollar investment to beef up your grid. And Tesla just started to do the VPP over there so power sharing should help fix some brown-outs.

[@MORE_BEANS_PLZ]

Any updates?

[@getbusylivin177]

It's a completely different businesses model, They are telling you up to front that you are are going to be so pleased with the service and speeds that we don't have to highjack you with a 2 year contract or rent the equipment to you... Very ingenious,,

[@landscapingspecialist]

I like your pole mount. Wish I could have went that route. But I have too many high treetops to mount the receiver that low. Had to go up 2 stories. Went with the long wall mount. Now have 0 obstructions. Dialed 👌🏻

[@MARKHENRY-bq4dz]

We've had Starlink now for a little over a year - it has only improved since then. We started on what Starlink called "BEST EFFORT" and then about two months later were upgraded to full residential service, and even with best effort we never had any issues. We live in a very rural area and only had traditional satellite options - not even cable internet is available and very unlikely we will ever have fiber. Prior to Starlink we were using hotspots on our phones which was better than the traditional satellite providers - so Starlink has been a GAME CHANGER even with the upfront costs - most people in our neighborhood now have Starlink

[@sandyfairchild9334]

Very good information TY

[@Guppypants]

Great review. Thanks.

[@ufmwc]

Short answer: hell yes it is worth it.

[@stevemaserang7765]

Thanks for this video

[@grantensrud9185]

We just got it and is working better than expected on a heavily wooded property. Acceptable speeds while partially obstructed. I was concerned it wasn't going to work, but now that I know where it has pointed itself, I figure I will have no problem getting it up and positioned where it will have a clear view. I may have to purchase the 150 ft cable.

[@shannonrice1543]

Well lady pants you win the day yet again thank you! We are planning to go rural soon and need all the options as work from home is looking to be a thing. This is great info!

[@OakAbode]

So glad to hear it! Thank you!

[@ramblingfarmshomestead9045]

You should order asap. It took me 9 months to get my Starlink kit.

[@Bentley3211]

​@ramblingfarmshomestead9045 when did you place your order?! The website says ships in 1-2 weeks currently.

[@user-xv6gu7qz4o]

Im offended you said 'lady pants". Im feeling very triggered right now. i dont like your tone. Im calling the Police because you upset my sensibilities... L M A O

[@Mr_D555]

I lived at a location with no internet before Starlink, not fun. Starlink is a game changer regardless of the upfront cost.

[@steveholmes1736]

I have Star link in West Virginia up in the mountains. I must say it is fantastic!

[@ScampMichael]

I was able to stop smoking because of the lack of aggravation that I encountered with previous providers. Thank you Starlink.

[@happyhome41]

OHHH, to your point of information changing all the time -- STARLINK has just opened up the entire US. They have replaced the availability estimate with a map that now shows the expected service levels by area. And I thought I was someone "special" when I got the notice that after three years, the unit was shipping, and then realized, oh, duh, I'm still just an average Joe. Your white item you're calling a dish is a "phased array antenna" - antenna being the operative term. Big brain lady is a huge plus. We purchased the "RV" version a couple of years ago, so now we have both. The roam service can be paused, a nice touch, as it is a bit more expensive than residential. The equipment is identical. You are correct about submitting a ticket through the app. It works reasonably well. Marvelous video. My wife "found" you, and shared with me. Thank you.

[@buzzyphantom]

Equipment cost varies country to country, here in the UK they offer refurbished kit for £199.00 ($250) or rental per month £10 ($12.70) added to the service fee. They used to offer a discount for rural areas but, like you say, things change fast and its not available anymore less than 6 months after it was introduced.

[@AviewFromUnder]

Good talk Thanks!

[@MissionForward3]

I'm pretty excited to get Starlink in the mountains of East Tennessee. My only concern is the amount of available sky not only because of the mountains but also because I live in a tiny home community where the houses are very close to each other. Sounds like I might need to find a way to elevate the dish.

[@jsmythib]

Before you buy it you can use the app to survey your open sky. Here in CT I had about 25% obstructed view. It gave me orange ratings and a red during the survey- It still works great with the exception of early AM disconnects. I just need to raise my antenna a little.

[@pucmahone3893]

Thanks for that!

[@garyag45]

We love our Starlink, gaming, streaming, internet. Live in the country no other good options. 👍😎🇺🇸🦅

[@AntonandSinan]

In France, it was offered on leasing for 10€/month for a few months, now it is being sold for 225€ for the hardware and 40€/month, which is relatively good for what you get. Their pricing changes every once in a while.

[@landscapingspecialist]

I haven’t needed any customer service so I would say for them to keep doing what they are doing. The entire thing just works. No janky hard to understand literature. And I had to run cabling and mount on a 2 story house. Setup was a piece of cake

[@michaeldunn6313]

Sorry… can you help. I live in the uk and trying to decide on the difference between roam and residential. If the residential can be moved. Ie to a camp site. Then wouldn’t you just use the residential. As obviously it’s cheaper? Or do I see the roam is purely meant for on the move, such as trains etc? Thanks

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

When you say fiber internet speeds with star link, how fast is your speed? Thanks

[@TheMamonti1]

I am a hill hermit surrounded by 80' trees and she is right. On the ground it was useless, so I had to either install a tower or use a tree. Tower was thousands so the tree option is what I went with. Tree guy charged 500 bucks to cut the tree and mount the dish. But.... he screwed up and cut it to short and though I got service I still got obstructions every couple minutes!!! So now I just built a 16' pole and will have it installed on the top of the tree with 4' of that lagged and strapped to the tree.... so 12' more height which I am hoping will give a clear view of the sky. oh.. and 300 bucks to install. So 600 for dish, 800 to install and another 300 for mounts, pipe, longer cable and hardware. SpaceX could help with this... in the visibility screen that shows obstructions, they could calculate the exact height to install the dish to clear all obstructions!! update 9/30 got that pole up and now can use starlink! Still have some obstructions but the leaves are ready to fall and the obstructions will be gone. Once spring hits I'll spend probably 2 to 300 on trimming those obstructions away! So if you want starlink in the dense forest 1. pick the tallest tree on your property, call a tree guy and get a price 2. if that tree is as tall as the others then get the 8' pole mount from starlink and mount that on the tree 3. how far will the wire reach? You could use cat6 and extend the cable or buy the 150' cable. figure about 750 for starlink and 5 to 600.00 for the tree work based in Pa. good luck

[@BryanDunlap]

Starlink is available in my area and I'm in a similar situation as you. Rural area where my only options are tower based wireless internet. The speeds are descent, but the reliability is crap! My wife and I work from home (photographer and programmer, respectively). From a speed test standpoint, what kinds of speeds do you get? Download is vital for everyone, but upload is very important for us as well. Currently, I get about 80 mbps down and between 5 and 8 mbps up. I really need closer to 20 mbps upload. Does starlink get you those kinds of speeds?

[@livefire817]

Is this Mrgunsngear sister? Well spoken, articulate and makes sense.

[@superfliping]

Does your router inside overheat the outer case? Have you noticed power consumption?

[@Qspecialman]

A very interesting video, thanks for taking the trouble. I live in North West France and have my own KZbin channel giving technical auto related "how to" tips. Formally I was connected to the internet via France's largest provider. The speeds were slow and the customer service was (and still is) truly terrible. For example the last 18 minute video I made for KZbin took me over 5 hours to upload to my channel. A friend from the UK suggested I try Starlink, the difference is like night to day. Easy to set up and so far to problems whatsoever. For me it is a 100% winner.

[@Rsysas]

Thank you

[@crBudgetWatches]

As an example folks here in rural areas of Costa Rica used to pay 80-100 usd per month for 5-15 mbps down vs just 60 usd for 300 mbps down with Starlink .

[@marwanbaz5885]

Hello, thanks for the amazing info But I have a question about the time when ordered the product for their website to the time that they contacted you to inform you to take your hardware!

[@malloryhuffstickler6667]

We received our email saying service was available in our area approximately 1 year after putting our deposit down. It was approximately 1 week from the time they told us service was available until we received our equipment. We are located in North Louisiana.

[@dionysus2006]

One thing to consider is that SpaceX hasn't even come close to deploying all the satellites in the StarLink network so service will keep getting better as they do so. SpaceX is also working on the V2 satellite which will have much more power and a better signal which means improved speed. They need the StarShip rocket to launch these heavier satellites and need the existing StarLink to fund development of the rocket, so chicken-n-egg. With the V2 they will be able to provide texting from anywhere on the planet and eventually voice service from anywhere with a standard cellphone. If you are a gamer then latentacy is a big deal and StarLink is as fast as cable and once they have the satellites communicating with each other through laser links it will continue to improve. The big difference with StarLink is the satellites are only a few hundred miles above you and there are thousands of them while with some traditional satellite services they have just a few satellites over 22,000 miles up. The closer to the dish the satellite is the better the signal is and the faster you can send and receive data from the Internet.

[@MKRProgressiveNews]

Thank you!

[@candycall5419]

Have the starlink , what security camera work with it. Please give mosel numbers

[@DennisFahlstrom]

I’ve tried signing up with Starlink for several years but can’t as I have a farm address (a Rural Route PO Box) which is not a PO Box). I mistakenly thought Starlink was targeting rural areas but apparently not.

[@sslcfc]

Great review. I like the pros more than the cons. :) :)

[@Rickatspeedoflight]

Outstanding presentation. 😉

[@aarons1980]

Is there standed and pro to choose from because I can’t only see standed on the website

[@farmingbrit4611]

I got my starlink for 99 pounds as at the time there was a rural discount offer at the time and have been more than happy with the service

[@yeahbuddy92193911]

About the high startup costs, it's about equivalent to any company leasing you their router/modem with monthly fees, those fees add up quickly, within 2 years those fees are into the hundreds. At least with starlink you own the equipment. Also setup is easy, it's basically plug and play.

[@tonykong3778]

Just order my starlink since I like in rural area now.. hope it’s really good and dependable I was paying 150$ a month for t mobile service that’s only support so little gb that cuts of early every month I hope my money is well worth it with starlink

[@TheSateef]

how much clear sky does it need? i'm looking to buy a property which is covered in trees. not sure how many i can cut down.

[@johnnyOsburn6078]

Have any of you tried microwave broadband or wifi data with radio and cellular?

[@MrMikeydrum]

i live rural, love my startlink and mesh routers. the worst part is the router wifi is shockingly bad, no ethernet port on the router is a pain as ive had to buy a few dongles

[@mikeh6876]

Would be interesting to know your actual download speed. Up until about 2 years ago I was on AT&T - 6.5Mbps @ $50/mth and 2GB download limit. I upgraded to Spectrum Fiber only because the ran it in my neighborhood - avg 330Mbps-370Mbps @ $65mth unlimited.

[@pallavmishra]

It is mostly for people who do not have a choice.

[@JWolff-md3ij]

I'm here for a different reason. I'm a field tech and was curious about installation since it's an added skill on my profile for one of the companies I work with. So I was curious about the cabling for it. I see it behind you just planted into the ground with no reference point to how close to your house it is. So you had to dig a trench back to your home and connect this to the head unit correct? Would that just be a coax cable or something else? I'd be interested to see the other end of this set-up; the side your other devices connect to as well as what other options Starlink makes available in regards to mounting hardware.

[@craptonerecords6032]

had it for 3 months now. couldn't be happier. super fast and reliable. on occasion it will cut out but it's only momentary (15 to 30 seconds) and it comes right back, unlike regular sat which takes 5 minutes if it's coming back at all. install was just plug and play. nothing to it. well worth the cost.

[@crBudgetWatches]

I have to tell you that here in Costa Rica just after a few months of beginning service , Stralink is already changing the market in rural areas . So many people coming to know a first world internet after decades of crappy speeds.

[@rickhunter-wolff]

How do you uplink with Starlink? My satellite internet required a phone connection for that

[@TimHief]

I am in British Columbia and I was able to get it without waiting. When I look at the coverage map, Starlink covers all of North America. I'm actually on an island, so, this was a no brainer for me and I purchased a refurbished unit...comes with the same warranty as the full price one, I paid $250 Canadian for the standard residential kit.

[@frankn4576]

Good to hear. I am a fellow Canuk and looking at a refurbished unit as well

[@henrypuyi5485]

Do you find that it throttles down between 6pm-10pm or at any other time? Great vid!!!

[@OakAbode]

Thanks! We do notice it throttles down on Roam during that time, but Residential hasn’t had that issue whatsoever so far.

[@SlushieJ]

Throttling during peak hours here in the desert on residential starlink. Speeds drop to 65mbps and ping raises around 300-400 intermittently. Best times to use are 9pm-2pm but it's different depending on what ground stations your dishy is connected to. Those pesky ground stations are the main culprit of throttling.

[@leobrady4157]

Thank you!😉

[@TC-yi3ue]

Totally with you in regard to what you said about contracts!!! If a company keeps you due to a required contract, their product/service is likely not good

[@2viendo]

Do they offer a telephone service with this? We read that they were working on a contract with T-Mobile?

[@TracyBrinkmann]

thank you for the great review... ours just arrived.. looking forward to proving you correct lol

[@robertchristianson1187]

I live in a rural area out of the city and in an area with poor cell signals. I tried internet service from my Tmobile provider and it was horrible with constant buffering making it impossible to watch any streaming video. We have no hard wire service so I am limited to internet service. I have used other satellite service but was very restricted in useage Today I have Starlink and other than the higher prices for equipment and service I love the speed Starlink offers with very few dropouts. If cost is not a factor I highly recommend starlink service.