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chupacabra
Conversation for those keeping it fixed…
I’m home-based with Microsoft Teams calls/video/screen sharing a constant. A couple TVs will be streaming something throughout the day with wife/kids. No time for games, so I really don’t think that level of speed/latency is a driver. Just looking for consistent and no surprise bandwidth throttling. Relatively rural and building the home in the middle of the woods. Clear view of sky, but not horizon - just up.
I like the idea of Starlink, but I’m not impressed with their vague descriptions and tiered offerings that are seemingly in place to mitigate their lack of commitment to deliverables. Price history seems to indicate about a 20% bump in monthly expense over the past couple years, but I guess what hasn’t? Would love to hear from some actual users.
I have had mine for 1.5 years now, and am 100% satisfied/happy with it. I am self-employed, work from home and download tons of data for my work, and it has never disappointed me yet. Was also a game changer for home entertainment; we can stream anything we want to. Any buffering slowness we have ever experienced was traced back to the streaming service (Apple TV in this case). I can't compare it to any kind of wired or wifi service, because we have lived out in the country for the last 20 years and these were not options for us. We had previously used Hughesnet all those years, and that sucked donkey dicks but it was the only option until Starlink. Starlink is the same cost as Hughesnet, but allowed us to drop a $160/month Dish Network sub too, so has saved us a lot of money besides being great service. Less affected by rain/snow/weather than either Hughesnet or Dish Network. No installation cost (easy to do yourself), only the initial cost of the antenna and router.
Anyway, a very happy customer here. I have recommended it to everyone I know in a similar situation (rural application).