Starlink Satellite Internet

I almost waited for the 3rd gen, but glad I didn’t. Since I am using my when camping, I don’t want to dick around with turning the dish to fine-tune the direction. But glad to see it is working great.

I usually get about 100mb up for the first 24hrs or so as the dish tunes to the satellites. Then it’s closer to 200mb +

 

Got a Flag Pole Buddy system for my SL. The system that mounts on the ladder is pretty slick. Also got the frame mount solution for the front of the trailer. Got both ends covered now.

 

I was going to buy it for my G3 setup, but went with a 4x4 instead. Cheaper and stable in this Florida weather.

4.5 months and running strong. It comes off of residential next month because I have a fiber appointment finally! When it comes off, I will be moving it to Roam and putting it on the camper/truck.

 

I really like this. Does it go much higher?

 

My wife asks that all time time...oh wait...

The starter kit (my words; not theirs) comes with two 4' poles and the mounts for the rear ladder. The ladder mount lets me set the base about 5' up, so it extends about 3-4' above the roof. What you see in the picture is their Bumper Mount, which comes with two inserts for either 16' or 22'. So I assume you can buy additional 4' poles to go even higher. The Bumper Mount just secures at the base while the ladder mount has two points of contact. Not sure I'd want a dishy swinging atop an unsecured 22' pole but I bet you could get higher than 8' and be fine.

 

So, I got my kit a week ago. I had purchased a refurbished kit to use for spending my summer in Minnesota. Started simple with the dish on the ground for the first few days then made a quick removable mount for the roof to get the best place there.

Speeds have been pretty good. Almost always 100+ mbps, frequently 250+ mbps.

Being a remote IT employee in a large financial company, I have had no issues with staying connected.

Overall, I am happy with it. I just hope it works as good as it does here in Texas. But I have more trees near the house there.


Edit:

To compare, the local ISP is still DSL and maxes out at 50mbps... Maybe...

If I didn't know I purchased the refurbished kit, I would have assumed it was new. No defects or visible issues.

I'll add a picture of my makeshift mount when I can later today.

 

Tundra - Check
Starlink - Check
Beer chairs setup in garage - Check

Let Friday commence!

 

Yes sir!

 

ElonLink running for the weekend. I am on the WA coast and was surprised to see the dish spin West for the best connection. But getting between 50-150 down and 10-15mb up across a few tests I ran today.

Ran my work VPN and multiple online meetings with video without issue today. Saved a day of vacation so the service already paid for this month’s bill!

 

We just used ours camping. My son took his driver’s permit test using it in the middle of nowhere.

 

Driveway camping this weekend. My pops has horribly slow internet so booted the SL up when we arrived. I can be 60’ from his router and my phone stays on SL even though it’s outside and 200’ away

 

I've been pretty impressed at the range of the little SL router! Mine is in the back corner of the garage I posted earlier and I still have decent radio signal 150' away in our garden even with the doors closed.

Little update from me. Going on 1 month now of daily use. Weekdays for work, weekends for streaming and night time for content downloading.

Hasn't skipped a beat!