Technobarbarian wrote:
"Starlink Now Selling Pricey High-Performance Dish to Residential Users"
"At $2,500, the high-performance Starlink dish costs far more than the standard $599 dish, but the internet service fee remains the same at
$110 per month."
hmmmmm, Maybe this is a solution to bfh's tree problem? Maybe someone could crush the competition in the informal speed contest?
https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-now-selling-pricey-high-performance-dish-to-residential-users
As more sats go up, my tree problem goes down. When I started, there
were about 1400 operational sats up there. Now there are about 2000,
and according to Starlink, I was obstructed for only 17 seconds in the
last 12 hours.
Besides, according to your article, --------------------------------------------------
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That said, if you buy the high-performance dish, faster speeds aren't guaranteed. The Starlink website mentions nothing about any speed
benefits when buying the $2,500 hardware. The reason is probably
because the Starlink network is already stretched to capacity in many
areas across the US. As a result, congestion problems can drag down
the broadband speeds in cells already full of Starlink subscribers.
A few users who have access to a high-performance Starlink dish have
also said(Opens in a new window) on Reddit they haven’t seen major
speed increases over the pricier hardware. “I have a residential
Starlink up and running at my place. I bought Premium, set it up,
trialed it. They were the exact same,” wrote(Opens in a new window)
one customer. ------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, my local EMC says I'll have gigabit fiber-to-the-home sometime
in the next few years. If that happens while I'm still alive, I'll be
able to cut the Starlink umbilical and the trees won't matter............except when they fall on the fiber cable.
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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
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