Robert, I wanted was going to sign up to get Starlink for my RV but saw this on their web site and decided to postpone until I learned more:
Can I travel with Starlink, or move it to a different address? Starlink satellites are scheduled to send internet down to all users within a designated area on the ground. This designated area is referred to as a cell. Your Starlink is assigned to a single cell. If you move your Starlink outside of its assigned cell, a satellite will not be scheduled to serve your Starlink and you will not receive internet. This is constrained by geometry and is not arbitrary geofencing. Please let us know how traveling with it works out for you. If it does travel well, I want it! Thanks, Dave David Sovereen Mercury Network Corporation 2719 Ashman Street, Midland, MI 48640 989.837.3790 x151 office | 888.866.4638 toll free | 989.837.3780 fax Telephone | Internet | Hosting david.sover...@mercury.net <mailto:david.sover...@mercury.net> www.mercury.net <http://www.mercury.net/> > On Feb 9, 2021, at 12:37 PM, i...@avantwireless.com wrote: > > I see that Musk is, a) testing demand, b) raising a chunk of Starlink > specific cash ( no strings attached ), c) figuring out where the next > orbits/ground stations need to be. d) understanding usage and limitations. > All very valid reasons to open up general sales. I threw $100 at it to get > on the list for one that I will use with the RV in the future and to test the > reality of the service. It should be interesting to watch performance > change with the addition of infrastructure vs. customers. > > On 2/9/21 8:46 AM, David Coudron wrote: >> I ordered a Starlink system as my cabin is in an area that we can get >> service right away from Starlink and we don’t service the area with our >> network. Other locations in MN say it will be middle to late 2021 for >> service availability. I should have some first hand knowledge in a week or >> two. As mentioned below, it is basically $600 to start and $99 a month. >> Will be interesting. >> >> Regards, >> >> David Coudron >> >> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On >> Behalf Of Darin Steffl >> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 10:34 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink - First Blood >> >> If he's truly surrounded by trees with no clear sky like the Starlink app >> shows with their VR overlay, he will likely have a poor experience with it >> and maybe come back. >> >> We always tell people canceling what their average usage is because we use >> Preseem and most people rarely average more than 10 Mbps unless they're >> doing a download. >> >> So someone on our 25 Mbps plan will peak and hit that but their average is >> typically under 10 Mbps so if they switch for something "faster", we will >> tell them they won't notice a difference and send screenshots of their >> preseem graphs to prove it. If you average 10 Mbps, having 1000 Mbps fiber >> instead of 25 Mbps won't feel any faster at all. >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:28 AM Matt Hoppes >> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net >> <mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> wrote: >> Got our first "Starlink" call today. Guy who's been a long term >> customer - paying $90 for 50 megabits -- and getting that. >> >> Says "I'd rather give my money to a local company than to Musk, but >> those speeds. Any chance you'll be offering faster speeds?". >> >> My only response was - if you truly need 150 megabits at your home, then >> Starlink is probably a better option for you. We've found that 99% of >> our customers barely use 25 megabits, which is why our top plan is 50 >> megabits. >> >> "OK, well I just wanted to try to give money locally". >> >> I appreciate that, but if you'd like to pay $9 more per month, plus a >> $600 install fee, to get the same speeds you're getting with us with the >> occasional faster speeds, and drops with every satellite switch, be my >> guest. >> >> This guy's house is also completely surrounded by trees. I'm curious to >> see how this will play out. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >> >> >> -- >> Darin Steffl >> Minnesota WiFi >> www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> >> 507-634-WiFi >> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com>
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