Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Robert
To: AFMUG Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). I had signed up for Starlink internet service. I got a notice this afternoon that it is available at our home address for beta-level servi

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
8, 2021 at 5:06 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >>> How much per month? >>> >>> -----Original Message- >>> From: Bill Prince >>> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 5:17 PM >>> To: AFMUG >>> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Pe

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
ouldn't hold my breath. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:06 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> How much per month? >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Bill Prince >> Sent: Monday, February 8, 202

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
ry 8, 2021 5:17 PM > To: AFMUG > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula > > ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). > > I had signed up for Starlink internet service. I got a notice this > afternoon that it is available at our home

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Bill Prince
-- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 5:17 PM > To: AFMUG > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula > > ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). > > I had signed up for Starlink internet service

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Robert
Currently $100 On 2/8/21 5:05 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: How much per month? -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 5:17 PM To: AFMUG Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
How much per month? -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 5:17 PM To: AFMUG Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). I had signed up for Starlink internet service. I got

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Steve Jones
I have more faith than that in musk. I really think, as long as governments stay out of it, this will be a game change in the data landscape. Bad for WISPs, good for consumers, until space debris and light pollution degrade it On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 6:35 PM Matt Hoppes <

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Robert
With how much they are losing per terminal, no surprise they don't want to lose anything else on the deal. Also hold up your hand if you _haven't_ seen performance drop on _fill_in_the_blank_ new tech when the customers actually start using it.   Basically wastage will expand to absorb any

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
Yeah. Odd I can get it at our office in a city of 40,000 but not my home in the middle of nowhere 30 miles away. Also speeds have slowly eroded from gigabit to 50 megabits. I suspect this is much ado about nothing. It will relieve customers who can’t get something but shouldn’t be a major

[AFMUG] OT: Starlink now available on the S.F. Peninsula

2021-02-08 Thread Bill Prince
... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). I had signed up for Starlink internet service. I got a notice this afternoon that it is available at our home address for beta-level service. Speed & latency will be variable, and there will "brief" intervals of no service. But the