We have Starlink! In the UK!!!

[@timyarrow8844]

Congratulations! Starlink for us (Northern New England, about 44.6 N lat) has been nothing less than a game changer for us! I won't document the costhorror and crap-service we had previously received from Hughes Net Satellite, nor the 0.5 - 3 mbs type service we were throttled down to for which we charged the Queen's ransom . Starlink swept-aside all that, and has been a stellar performer the instant we put the dish outside and plugged it in. I dare say the high point of 2021 was breaking our contract with Hughes Net. For comparison purposes our average speeds are 75-150 mbs down, 10-30 mbs up, and 25-35 ms latency.

[@Doobrey]

Hahah! Brilliant, so happy for you! Your situation is why this is a game changer. Some people watching the video just don’t get it!! You do!! Thank you :)

[@alanharper-smith5401]

I applied on 13th Feb paid my deposit not expected till mid end 2021 can't wait currently paying BT £30 for 7-8 Mbps and EE 4G box £28/month for 10-12Mbps - can't wait for a decent service run a B&B and have 5 self catering cottages so people expect this - FTP on Demand was my other option £12k so this is a no brainer. Welcome to rural Wales. Thanks for the video...

[@Doobrey]

Soon !!! Soon!!

[@alanharper-smith5401]

I do hope so 😍

[@StephenButlerOne]

It's just cool that you get a msg saying "your delivery from Space X"

[@flynn5513]

Wasn't expecting to see a UK plug, that's reassuring.

[@AldenDoble]

That's very true! Usually you get some manky 2 Pin plug with an adaptor that you'll be lucky to have fused. Credit Where it's due that's for sure!

[@tubularG]

Required for UK regulations to be supplied with UK plug. I imagine sterling want to get it right

[@simonbaxter8001]

Be interesting to see the download/upload speeds once the global uptake increases.

[@Doobrey]

Me too. Considering he had 1300 days there now, so a tenth of what he is gonna put up, it’s gonna be an interesting journey for sure!

[@PeterPrestonUK]

Lots of people commenting about how their fibre broadband is so much cheaper - completely failing to understand why this is such a significant option for many people who will never get fibre. We are paying £70+ for 30mbps max with a 100gb monthly limit from Tooway satellite internet - it was that or £30/month for BT for 1.5mbps maximum. This tech is still just being rolled out and will only get cheaper as they can add more customers. We’re currently waiting for a local company to add a relay mast to their microwave network which will give us 50mbps with no bandwidth limit for £35/month. If Starlink had been a few months further along their roll out we’d probably go with it. Thanks for sharing your initial experience.

[@Doobrey]

Thank you for the positive comments. It’s really interesting to read the mixed reviews, but I think you have hit the nail on the head. It’s for communities who can’t get decent internet... people near cities and large towns can get fttp, people like us in rural areas cannot!!!

[@markhorneiom]

Also very handy for trips in the middle of nowhere

[@ggj666]

I like the way it powers up to be an expensive bird bath :o)

[@micspamgod2324]

Who else noticed the "CocknCider" lmaoooo

[@Doobrey]

Me, I noticed it!!! ;)

[@stevec.2702]

Interesting video. Even though you live in a rural area your comments apply to lots in built up area’s. My estate is all detached houses with copper from the cabinet supply. The highest speed I get is 50Mbps and that is the max the system can handle. Doesn’t matter your provider that’s the limit. My cousin is a planning engineer for a company that does fibre optic internet installation. He deals with big areas , complete estates, industrial sites etc. We will not get fibre optics for many years. It’s a simple case of financial returns. The provider wants compact housing , multiple subscribers and our estate is the exact opposite of that. Housing estates my cousin works on can get 300 Mbps for domestic use. Pretty impressive. I would pay a premium to get a good speed. Cannot see space X going cheap, they have a lot of hardware to pay for.

[@SnizzyDeeFTW]

4:34 Interesting network name you have there

[@Doobrey]

giggles - dont know what you are saying ;)

[@paulm3538]

I think cutting down all your trees to provide optimal line-of-sight for the dish is a little excessive...🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

[@Doobrey]

Lol.. we didn’t do that for this ;)

[@rikaus9273]

Your internet currently is better than the whole of my road added together.. just checked my speeds and they are 1.89 and 0.3 so your 20 odd I’d great

[@Doobrey]

I get that and I am sorry your internet is poor. We use internet for work (2 people working and a student) so 20Mbs is ok, but not really cutting it for our jobs

[@ChiefWizard666]

@@Doobrey I live in a fairly rural area (a village of about 1700 - 1800 people) and I am fortunate to have FTTB broadband which gives me about the same speeds as your Starlink. In my home office I have 4 desktops, 2 laptops and a couple of Kindle Fire tablets. In her workroom my wife has a PC and a Kindle Fire tablet plus an ordinary Kindle reader. Finally we have a MCPC attached to our TV (far better than a smart TV), we also have an Alexa Dot and an Alexa Show, and have no problems with buffering/connectivity although obviously we do not have every PC etc on at the same time. We have unlimited downloads, landline, caller I.D. and unlimited UK calls all for about £35pm.

[@global_nomad.]

thanks for all of this, great to see satellite internet moving into the mainstream and domestic market....

[@AnonAnonAnon]

Great video. I live on an estate in North Manchester. The estate was built in 2000. The average speed at the top of the estate, nearest to the junction box is 40mbps. The slowest, at the bottom of the estate were I live is 34mbps. Speeds vary at peak times. Bolted onto our estate last year was a new development of 15 houses. For some unknown and bizarre reason, they now average 80mbps. Granted their cable goes via another way to another junction box to the local exchange, but gives you an idea just how disjointed speeds are here. I'm excited about this Starlink though but will wait until the price drops.

[@susanling6460]

Hi, Im south of Norwich. Love the videos. Im interested in the Powerwall and had never heard of this invention until your video. I should have been a bloke :-D

[@davidlangley833]

I use phone for the Internet, which is hooked up to a router. I am getting 40-60mbps download speed, very occasionally it may be lower and very rarely do I ever loose connection. I am fortunate to be on a great financial tariff, with unlimited data with no throttling. Currently using 4G, when 5G arrives in the Welsh valleys it is going to be better again. I like the idea of Starlink for a global infrastructure, however the monthly price is very high, but I hope will support those less fortunate. My only other gripe from a astronomical point of view is how much observations may be obsucred by the number of Starlink satellites needed circulating around the planet, along with other debris that is already out there. Here's to tech.

[@vastinkelter1393]

Starlink customers will pay £439 for the satellite dish and other equipment needed to receive the signal. They will also need to pay a monthly fee of £84 to receive the service. That is being compared to £30 service. Good job!

[@mkdy218]

Thanks, very informative vid. I will keep an eye on this! And it doubles as a bird bath! What’s not to like :-)

[@theblackswordsman9951]

This would actually be great for a lot of the oversees territories.

[@1954Antony]

Starlink, sounds a bit like SkyNet.

[@billjohnson8794]

I noticed the ping to be considerably slower. Anything worse than 25ms can seriously affect online gaming. On starling it was 33ms

[@timhull8664]

I wouldn’t have bothered, your current speeds are good enough

[@Doobrey]

yes, if they worked consistently. What's the point in having 20Mbs internet, when it stops working, reboots, drops down to 7Mbs, stops, reboots, comes back up to 10Mbs....you get the idea.... even though ive contacted the service provide over 6 times in the last 6 months and 6 engineers have taken a look, no one can fix it (so far)

[@IsThisAvailable550]

I see this as a great option for boats/ships at sea and remote areas (like the Australian outback). Thanks for sharing.

[@Doobrey]

Hey no worries. I too think it’s gonna change the lives of a lot of people!!

[@fredbloggs5902]

Starlink is currently geofenced to fixed locations but I expect it will improve.

[@docskin]

Also, I believe Starlink offer CG-NAT so that may be quite a problem, especially if you run services on your network. Not sure if they're planning on having Internet-facing IPv6 or IPv4 (the latter is doubtful)

[@Doobrey]

Not sure, but we have been running Netflix, work vpns, Skype, teams, etc. All ok!

[@Umski]

Cellular data has the same problem (I run a webserver from home, not essential but cheap hosting) - aside from cost, it's one of the reasons I persist with Openreach's toss here in the UK - only got fibre last year, which to be fair is getting 40/10 but prior to that on ADSL it was more like 8/1.4 - the main annoyance is dropwires being taken out by trees/branches etc and it taking them days to reattach two wires :/

[@leatheljamie]

@Alfs Awful youre not screwed, youd just use a VPN that has port forwarding.

[@chrisofnottingham]

For the UK it is quite an expensive service. But if you can afford it, it does actually deliver, which is where so many other providers fall down. And particularly if you can justify some of that cost against a business, well it isn't that expensive.

[@Doobrey]

Agreed... it’s all about cost and what you can afford !

[@JohnSmith-rf1tx]

Not only was the Starlink 3x as fast as your previous provider, but you did the speed tests for the old provider with an ehternet connection to your router and the speed test for Starlink via wifi! If you did the Starlink tests via ethernet they'd be even faster.

[@Doobrey]

I did, on the follow up video :)

[@markjwilcox]

Can you report back the speed during cloudy days and heavy storms please? That sometimes knocks out satellite TV and I’m sure will affect your connection. Thank you.

[@Doobrey]

Yup gonna do an update video in the next day or so.... pssst, it’s great!!!

[@petehiggins33]

I would have liked to see the dish tracking the satellites. How does it manage to switch from one satellite to the next without having to slew from horizon to horizon? Does it move continuously all the time you are connected?

[@andynormancx]

It barely moves at all. The dish uses something called a phased array, which is made up of hundreds of tiny antennas. With clever physics and electronics this allows it to point its signal at the satellite it is talking to, without having to physically move the dish.

[@richardsvenk1985]

Mate, if you say you're getting drop outs on your standard broadband service that would imply there's a fault on the line. I'd suggest getting in touch with your provider so they can send out an Openreach engineer who will be happy to sort your service out. And who knows, maybe after he fixes the issue and does the DLM reset your broadband speeds will increase too. Good luck!

[@Doobrey]

Hi Richard, as mentioned in the video, we have had engineer after engineer visit the house and checked the lines and have been unable to identify and fix the issue. Yes we get the DLM reset and it improves for a day, then slowly deteriorates until we call them out again..... believe me, we have tried !

[@richardsvenk1985]

@@Doobrey Aww sorry to hear that. Must have missed your comment on that in the video...OK well fair enough. I work for Openreach and know some of the faults can be really tricky. Hope it goes well for you with that satellite internet. Seems a bit costly but I can imagine how you must feel in your current position and I would likely do the same. 👍

[@xtc2v]

@@richardsvenk1985 I see BT are now advertising internet with EE backup included. This tells me that dropouts are not as rare as you seem to suggest. For those suffering 'Teams' meetings dropouts they can lose their job over the problem

[@andylaweda]

Only just seen tis tonight. I have mine on order also in the UK. Thanks for this review as it's reassuring to help me understand that what I've signed up for is in fact practical and achievable :-D

[@EQINOX187]

Looks good but i have concerns about how stable this will be in bad weather like thick clouds or storms and now snow will effect it both falling and snow landing on the dish, not only how it will effect thew signal but also the motors inside as a dish covered in snow would be heavy and could burn out the motor, also while this might be good for streaming I wonder how useful it is for latency sensitive things like gaming

[@Doobrey]

so far, experience in the Starlink community is showing that the weather does not affect the connection at all!!! people with snow, ice, rain, etc... internet still the same! Latency is due to reduce in the coming months...

[@ashtontechhelp]

Great packaging. Everything already plugged in - can't go wrong.

[@kashioable]

Excuse my total ignorance and asking this question but how is it going to get better and better over time? If you plug it and shows you the speed, then that's it, you're stuck with that speed right? or wrong?

[@jackwhitlock1]

The speed will increase over time

[@Doobrey]

The more satellites that get launch will improve it. I do recall Elon suggesting it could get as fast a 1Gbs. To prove the point, I am now getting 200 Mb/s and max of 300 Mb/s...... Latency is due to come down by Summer 2021...so watch this space

[@kashioable]

@@Doobrey Thank you.

[@GordonHudson]

I am on NowTV fttc (same as Sky but a bit cheaper). I get 78mb and I am paying £25 per month including line rental. I have been paying that for two years on different offers. My 5G phone does 200Mb most of the time. It rarely goes under 50.

[@Roadkill7878]

I like the idea but I could not justify the cost. I suppose in time the cost may reduce as more people sign up

[@ronnierush9379]

Interesting video thanks. Just out of interest , does the connection rate drop much in bad weather i.e. rain snow?

[@Doobrey]

Nope, so far weather makes no difference

[@CurdinGees74]

It usually takes around 10 min for the Dish to be activated and registerd, before it gets the good connections.

[@eltonkingsley5617]

If you can access Virgin cable solution in your neighbourhood, then 200mgbs downstream and 20Mgbs upstream at £50 a month makes a lot of sense

[@Doobrey]

which in rural Great Britain is not gonna happen

[@eltonkingsley5617]

@@Doobrey Fingers crossed some well versed politician may well privatise Network Rail Telecom. That way anywhere the rail network goes then you would be able to spur fibre POP’s into all areas of rural UK. Then throughput speeds would not be a problem. Currently Network Rail Telecoms operating license prevents this happening, to wha would be the second largest fibre network next to BT

[@CED99]

@@Doobrey I live in a town with a population of 10k, and that's not even an option here...

[@KKandEV]

Virgin is very problematic in my area. Can’t wait to get off their supply !

[@eltonkingsley5617]

@@CED99 A town of 10 K population do qualify for community consideration for a fibre point of presence under current DCMS guidelines. However having said that, BT would only provide a POP under certain conditions of subscription take up, and even then you would still need to provide fibre access tubing to each property to a public road and incur any way leave costs in reaching the public road. There are lots of rural community forums in the same situation whom have dug their own trenches across farmland which obviously brings down costs that BT will quote.

[@jur4x]

I'm currently with TalkTalk paying £30 per month for 48Mbps down 18Mbps (tested while not alone at home) . My parents might benefit from something like that, since they live in rural (-ish) location in Latvia. It would be way faster than 4G (fixed router with antenna on the roof) they currently rely on. It would be £82 vs £20 though. And router was free from ISP anyway. Is it true that remote connection to your home resources is nearly impossible with Starlink due to ip-address complexities?

[@mcal27]

I pre-ordered in February too, heard nothing as yet.. maybe they are taking location into account as to who gets it before others?

[@Doobrey]

I heard it’s a first come first served basis.... I was just really lucky!!

[@mcal27]

@@Doobrey indeed. I guess once the pre order was announced their was a rush to order. They’ll get to me, afterall they need to clawback all the development costs :)

[@joeholmes3180]

Ordered mine Feb 9th still no email :(

[@mcal27]

@@joeholmes3180 well at least I’m not alone! :) I think i ordered the same day!

[@andynormancx]

Starlink works on a cell based arrangement, each cell is about 15 miles across. Only a few dozen cells in the UK are active yet. If you aren't in one of the active cells you won't get Starlink until your cell become active as more satellites come on line.

[@terrydeacon2290]

Like all new technology, it's bloody expensive! £500 set up and £80-odd a month.....Nearly £1500 in your first year (£125 a month) 😱 But if I was living in the sticks and had poor internet, and wasn't interested in gaming (Ping is poor, of course, but not as bad as I was led to believe) I certainly would be tempted......though I would try the 4G route first!

[@Doobrey]

Yup it is expensive. The missus and I discussed it beforehand. Not cheap but worth it for us currently...

[@craigywaigy4703]

I had satellite broadband for over ten years - Speeds are good, but the BIGGEST problem is latency(700ms) which makes it useless for video conferencing, online game play...... Weather is also a factor, no matter what hype is on the box.Now use 4G after nearby transmitter installation(cheaper and with little latency). BTW the Starlink satellites look like litter in the night sky :)

[@sachaanderson9005]

Hi. V informative, thanks for posting. Quick question - are you billed in dollars or GBP? Interested re exposure to currency fluctuations. Thanks

[@Doobrey]

GBP

[@PRODIGY5369]

Thank you for making this video. I'm UK also, not rural and have a connection just a little slower to what you are achieving with Starlink. I am seriously considering obtaining Starlink though. Especially for its scope for the future which is likely to far outperform anything I can get with fibre for the foreseeable future. I signed up for emails regarding the beta as soon as it open too. I'm a huge fan of SpaceX so I would feel good about giving them my hard earned over my current provider. Once you have had it for a while, I'd be keen to hear an update on how it's going with dropouts, speed variability etc especially regarding weather conditions. Thanks again!

[@Doobrey]

I was thinking of doing an update video actually. Pssst, speed are in excess of 250MBs now and top out at over 300Mbs!!!

[@PRODIGY5369]

@@Doobrey that's very impressive ! How about drop outs? Or shall I wait for the video. I have not had satellite TV for years. I recall though some thick type's of weather could really destroy the signal. I don't know if that's still a problem or potentially could be with this. So I am keen to find out!

[@PRODIGY5369]

@@Doobrey I ordered June 19, got the golden email Aug 19. Awaiting shipping. 😎🇬🇧

[@d34dly0101]

You only have a 100mb WiFi adapter you won't get any faster than that. On the device you tested it on, do you have anything that use Lan and faster adapters like 1 gig for a true test?

[@Doobrey]

that is true, I have plugged it into the LAN RJ45 connector and it ranged on average 200Mb/s upto a max of 300 Mb/s! Apparently the Starlink website is now saying that over summer 2021, they will increase speeds and reduce latency ! can't wait!

[@d34dly0101]

That's amazing hope it don't slow down due to more user's.

[@Theshortmovies99]

The amazement of KZbin recommendation. Let’s follow the doooob !!!!

[@SomeMadRandomPerson]

WOW that's incredibly expensive, but I do believe Space X is leading the way for the human population, great video review 😎👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jasong9695]

If you track the star link satellites on starlink trackers it shows it in a row normally miles away and only shows random satellites, around the world. Is this working all the time or only when they row of starlink above ? Because I see thousands of miles without a satellite

[@Doobrey]

for me, its working pretty much all the time. Remember, they have footprints (10's if not hundreds of miles wide) so one covers, then another one comes on line, and then off you go again...

[@mrs_really_tired]

All broadband providers drop out anyway . Look forward to a 6 month review .

[@Doobrey]

im about to do a 2 week one.....hint, its been pretty awesome!

[@Ballissle]

Out of interest, can you take the dish anywhere else with you and just plug it in and have it scan and work? Or does it absolutely need to remain in place?

[@jackwhitlock1]

You can use it anywhere

[@CED99]

You can use it anywhere

[@andynormancx]

@@jackwhitlock1 no you can't, not yet. If you move it too far outside one of the currently active Starlink cells then it will stop working. This will change once there are enough satellites in place for all the cells to be active.

[@garyhoward678]

What part of the UK did you test this in?

[@Doobrey]

East Anglia

[@ghost.1413]

i live in the city in iraq and i only get 100kb this is life changing 😍😍

[@TheFool_0001]

Just hope they don't shoot down the satellites

[@Doobrey]

Hey!!! Welcome from the UK!! One day I hope everyone can get this tech....

[@ghost.1413]

@@TheFool_0001 they can't shoot them because they don't have that kind of missiles 😂😂😂

[@fredbloggs5902]

@@TheFool_0001 if they had that ability, they would be a pool of glass by now.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

Doesn't iraq have trade embargos for tech like this ?

[@saveroftheuniverse]

Nice results, the only thing is I find people talk about internet speed, mbps does not determine the speed this is your band width, it's how much devices you can use at same time for example streaming on diffrent TVs at the same time, if you want to talk about speed that is your ping which you want that to be low as a number as possable

[@saveroftheuniverse]

Required band width for 1080p is around 5mbps, 4k requires around 25 mbps, gaming on console requires around 5 mbps, these numbers, you could have internet service of 10 mbps or internet services of over 60 mbps, it does not mean that the higher that number the faster your internet, the higher the mbps the bigger the band width

[@jasonhindle4054]

It’s cool but at current prices is only suitable for Not Spot dwellers. Having had a lot of problems with BT of late (still ongoing) I can say 5G is an eye opener *if* you have the coverage. I do wonder if this tech will share the fate of Iridium which was pretty much swept aside by the GSM revolution when cellular networks popped up in the world’s most underdeveloped cities and towns pretty much overnight.

[@markmd9]

What!? You don't have full Internet coverage on your island?

[@artfulcodger]

I’m on a farm out in the countryside, currently paying £54 a month to BT for a ‘theoretical’ 16Mb Max, that in reality varies between 3 and 8Mb down and about 0.5 to 0.8Mb upload. Never seen it over 1Mb up. By comparison to that, the costs of Starlink represent good value for money, though I think its less so when compared to a normal in-town type connection speed, including the one in this video - but thats the whole point of this isnt it, to provide solid internet speeds where the existing service is truly poor or nonexistent.

[@Doobrey]

You are 100% correct. This is perfect for the rural individuals that want a decent internet connection!

[@spsh5834]

Hi, hope you’re well. Just enquiring how long it took from placing the order to getting the gizmo? Thank you

[@Doobrey]

About 6-8 weeks :)

[@surin-jc7zm]

@@Doobrey Hi, please may I ask which county/city you are based in?I’m Coventry West Midlands

[@alexandergrey5913]

£89 a month still not cheap. Yet with those speeds could you share between properties ?

[@roger_welco]

I have a question, is the Hub only wifi or does it have at least one ethernet connection?

[@jasonswinney9989]

Thanks for the great content, I'm currently on the list for Starlink so hoping to have the service soon, as currently I also live in the stick but unfortunately the UK's ISP's can only offer 1.5mb down at the moment. Can I ask where about in the UK you are based, and if you are aware of any differences in speed for different UK locations?? I'm based in the North East (County Durham) and hoping due the being satellite location wont make a difference

[@Doobrey]

I am based in East Anglia, but once the rest of the satellites are out, then I "hope" you will be able to benefit from this technology too!

[@420booth]

How heavy is the stand/dish? I.e. how likely is it to get blown off the roof if it's not secured with something else

[@matthewdouglastrueman]

I'm with Virgin media on M600. I normally get 460 mbps down and 48 up. It's amazing

[@AlexTunstall]

I think the point of starlink is to provide coverage and faster WiFi to areas of the world (and the UK) where WiFi speeds aren't great, but thanks for sharing

[@captainbirdseye9653]

"25mbps is ok", lol, I live in the sticks too and I can only get 3mbps

[@Doobrey]

Ah yes sorry for someone with 25Mbps, i realise that there are people with less. For someone like yourself, this is gonna be life changing!

[@davidpiper3652]

I am not in the sticks, 17 miles north of central London, and I get 10 MBs on a good day, and there are very few good days.

[@Westermarkable]

Swedes screaming out loud on everything less then 100mbps..funny world funny world indeed

[@simolatham03]

@@davidpiper3652 they not have fibre round those parts? You can get 350Mb with virgin in the north west

[@sgraham15]

Same ere in the sticks no fibre

[@nc29biker]

Nice bird bath 😂

[@Doobrey]

👊

[@smkh2890]

Will the dish still be there after a gust of wind? We usually bolt the dish to a wall.

[@alanmann1731]

What’s it like in heavy rain?

[@matthewbishop9342]

Really informative video buddy, thankyou.

[@Doobrey]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@wayneblackburn9645]

Does it double up as a birdbath after rainfall?

[@theBabyDead]

Me: Router This guy: Rootah Hermoine: Laviosah

[@mattpointer8495]

So it should be good for 89 quid per month!! 😳

[@ALLKINDSOFDANA]

£20 p/m gets me D: 1.87 mbps, U: 0.79 mbps 😮

[@spsh5834]

Hi, Great video. I’m interested - I also live in a Rurel area - lots of trees - do you think these will interfere with the satellite signal or does the dish mostly point straight up wards at 90°?

[@Doobrey]

from my experience and the community, trees can cause issues. It is suggested it is mounted on the roof with a clear view of the sky

[@spsh5834]

@@Doobrey cool thanks for the reply👍🏼

[@OrangeApocalypse]

3:40 Are there any holes in the dish? I mean, what's to stop the thing filling up with rain when it tips down?🤔

[@OrangeApocalypse]

Actually, having now watched the rest of the video, i can forget it. The cost is just 'nooowp!' Back to waiting gawd knows how long, to get my street cabled for fibre, i guess 😥

[@andynormancx]

The dish isn't really a dish, it is complete flat across the front surface. No where for rain to fill up.

[@OrangeApocalypse]

@@andynormancx Ahh i see, thanks

[@leemaddeys3335]

It will make a lovely bird bath 🤣 does the dish slightly dip to remove rain on a rainy day lol

[@Graeme_Lastname]

I'm just curious. How much does the landline cost? Here in Aus you get, roughly, 3Mb for $50 a month. Politicians made the decisions. They have fibre to the node that I pay for.

[@Doobrey]

it really depends on where you are in the country and who you use. I did a follow up video that discusses things like that

[@StephenButlerOne]

What are the download limits?

[@Doobrey]

None

[@StephenButlerOne]

@@Doobrey that's good. Hopefully it stays that way as uptake grows.

[@DIYTinkerer]

Not sure the economics of this will ever stack up, will be interesting to see if it does get faster presumably the bottle neck will be the base stations and back haul onto the internet rather than the uplink to the satellites

[@martyndix2290]

Does it give you an IP address that is recognised as in the UK? My question being will it work with BBC iPlayer and services such as this that rely on a UK IP address? Thanks for clarifying. I have my order in for Starlink now! Cant wait!

[@leatheljamie]

Use a vpn if you need too.

[@ummerfarooq5383]

Ain't there supposed to be sky broadband for dish web

[@Doobrey]

not sure? just Sky TV

[@Mr_Fahrenheit]

Brilliant if you need it but it’s not cheap I am lucky enough to get over 100mb fibre to home but it will be a good system when it is fully up and running

[@Doobrey]

Yup agreee :)

[@PT-ij9hc]

Shouldn't you connect to the router's RJ45 to get a proper speed test (not via its WiFi)? As a comparitive test, it looks good though! 😊👍

[@Doobrey]

Yes, you are right. I have been testing and got on average 200 Mb/s and max 300 Mb/s

[@rtfazeberdee3519]

Looks neat. Has the dish got a drain hole? if it lies nearly flat, its going to be a bird bath after it rains... :)

[@andynormancx]

The dish is completely flat, despite the dishy name. So no birdbath I'm afraid.

[@anthonycain7002]

Great video I very doubt starlink will be taking over ISP anytime soon at that cost though

[@Doobrey]

Thanks! I reckon give it time and we will see what happens. It’s cool though!

[@wigf173]

What kind of savage doesn't run ublock origin?

[@pyrofan80]

Whoops! Your “blur out the old provider” square shifted around 7:00

[@africangecko]

Thanks for the video. I’m interested in Starlink. Can you share the angles that dishy mc. dish face changes from looking directly up. The documentation I’ve read says it requires a 100 degree field of view.

[@007JHS]

As it is sort of dishy mcdish face, pointing to the sky it will fill with water when it rains. Does it have drain holes in it?

[@andynormancx]

It is completely flat, despite the name it isn't a dish.

[@Traman65]

Would you really leave it outside in Great Britain today

[@logothaironsides2942]

ooch thats expensive. I think we are paying about £300 a year for sky 60 meg DL speed (UK), Interesting to see its birth though and hopefully it will get cheaper and easier to get.

[@Doobrey]

I hope that it gets cheaper too!!!

[@RogerDiotte]

Yea for you and you people over there for seeing this arrive!

[@b.i.g.g.u.s]

Any difference connecting to the router via ethernet instead of Wifi? Or is that not how it works?

[@Doobrey]

Yes, a massive increase. On rj45 on average, 200 Mb/s then max at 300 Mb/s!

[@b.i.g.g.u.s]

@@Doobrey That's actually *really* impressive.

[@Minnadesu99]

Out of curiosity did the confirmation say mid to late 2021 as well?

[@Doobrey]

Yep. Exactly that. Mid to late 21

[@Minnadesu99]

@@Doobrey ok I ordered mine March 8th so i expect to see my notice in April. Thanks!

[@popuptoaster]

I'm waiting to see what the speeds are like when there are more people using the service but it does look very promising.

[@Alienalloy]

Great informative video, bit rich for me though, currently pay bt £50 a month, if they price matched them, I’d go with starlink in a heart beat.

[@Thats_Mr_Random_Person_to_you]

Tbh... its all about what you are comparing too... if you live in the sticks and have like dial up / barely broadband (like 1 - 10Mbps) or rely on an existing satellite broadband provider the cost is either high for the shite speed (in case of a fixed line) or sky high for shite speed (in the case of satellite providers) its very worth it. It just isn't really aimed for people close to cities who can access better fixed line speed as that will always be cheaper.

[@Doobrey]

Completely agree with you! Some people just don’t get it, that if you are rural, with crap internet, then this is life changing!!

[@EricH_1983]

Turns into a coffee table during operation..

[@steunited1969]

birdbath

[@TheJVCMan]

I will wait a few years until the prices of the hardware comes down and hopefully speeds increase. its a great idea but its just too expensive compared to my traditional suppliers.

[@PG-ji6vq]

I’m lucky to have gigaclear fibre direct to home, after truly dreadful 12mbit/s on a good day BT broadband. I found a notable difference between the standard Gigaclear wireless and wired performance, and also the accuracy of the speed test software, which seemed to be capped in your test. I ended up not using the standard Gigaclear WiFi and replaced the WiFi with Gig e connected BT Mesh, which gave best speed in the house but also range down the garden. I’d be very interested if you could repeat the test, with a hard wired short run of Gig e cable and speed test software which isn’t capped. My gut feeling is you’ll get a higher download speed than 100Mb/s. I’m interested in using Starlink in another location, so would be very interested in your results.

[@stephen_mcateer]

Is there a data limit / cap?

[@Doobrey]

Nope. None

[@floks700]

Now there is 2 base ground station in France. Starlink service avail 250 km in south of GB and 250 in north of France and 250 km from Atlantic beach of France. No more. Or have very long breakout of service ))

[@Doobrey]

Yeah, I guess there will be more over time :)

[@ianjames9970]

Thank heavens for Virgin.

[@DementedDog]

Does the weather affect signal at all?

[@Doobrey]

Not that I have experienced so far....

[@DementedDog]

@@Doobrey Where about are you by the way? (Roughly, obviously!)

[@Doobrey]

East anglia :). Roughly :)

[@DementedDog]

@@Doobrey lol -thought I heard a slight twang! Same here.