Starlink - Fast Internet for rural comming now

[greatwhite]

I am restarting this thread and the purpose of it is to let rural people who do not have many options to know about it

So if your internet speed sucks like mine does, Starlink probably is or will be shortly available in your area.

I received an email from starlink last night and I quickly ordered the setup package, cost 800.00 Canadian for the Dish and Router
and should arrive here in about 2 weeks. Monthly connection is 133.00 Canadian.

Canadians who have already set it up are reporting speeds above 150 mb/s, although the email said expect speeds between 50 - 150 mb/s.

[fratri]

I don't know much about farm internet, but sounds expensive....

[greatwhite]

It's a bit pricey, Cost 800 up front to setup. Then 133 per month for your connection. But when you consider I already pay 90 bucks for a system that barley works. It really is suited for cities where there are many more options.

[MikePal]

Like I said before you were rudely interrupted; a lot of people in rural area have few options. One is the 'Line of sight' which requires a TV antenna tower that cost upwards of $800 alone, so the equipment cost for Starlink is pretty good.

My monthly bill with Bell can be replaced by this service so $133 is cheap as well

I see the idea is a hit, even as a beta version, more than 10,000 subscribers already.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/04/spac...000-users.html

And it looks like it will also become your VOIP communication hub..

SpaceX outlined plans for VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) services in addition to its existing broadband services. Such a service would allow consumers to make voice calls through their Starlink broadband connection.

“Consumers will have the option of using a third-party, conventional phone connected to a Session Initiation Protocol standards-compliant analog terminal adaptor or a native-IP phone selected from a list of certified models,” the filing reads.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex...-phone-service

[greatwhite]

That would be nice then I could get rid of Magic Jack but it only cost me 5 dollars a month

Like I said before you were rudely interrupted; a lot of people in rural area have few options. One is the 'Line of sight' which requires a TV antenna tower that cost upwards of $800 alone, so the equipment cost for Starlink is pretty good.

My monthly bill with Bell can be replaced by this service so $133 is cheap as well

I see the idea is a hit, even as a beta version, more than 10,000 subscribers already.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/04/spac...000-users.html

And it looks like it will also become your VOIP communication hub..

[greatwhite]

Wow takes a long time to inform Companies and people (friends) and mailing list about a new email address.
I will have to keep Bell for 2 - 3 months after I setup this new High Speed Internet. I have update my profile with the companies I could remember and my business information.
As well as notifying g people but then I have to wait to see who still sends to the old email address.

Just changing my email address will essentially cost me around 300.00 bucks to make sure all contacts have the new one. Forgetting a company could potentially cost me money.

Word of advice never use the email address of your internet provider. If I had used something else like gmail or created my own domain (The one I wanted was gone, who would have thought there is a store in BC called greatwhite.ca)

[werner.reiche]

Wow takes a long time to inform Companies and people (friends) and mailing list about a new email address.
I will have to keep Bell for 2 - 3 months after I setup this new High Speed Internet. I have update my profile with the companies I could remember and my business information.
As well as notifying g people but then I have to wait to see who still sends to the old email address.

Just changing my email address will essentially cost me around 300.00 bucks to make sure all contacts have the new one. Forgetting a company could potentially cost me money.

Word of advice never use the email address of your internet provider. If I had used something else like gmail or created my own domain (The one I wanted was gone, who would have thought there is a store in BC called greatwhite.ca)

That's why you should use a hotmail - or gmail address.
Although hotmail didn't work after Microsoft bought it.

[LowbanksArcher]

It's nice to have another option. The internet service I currently have is my only option for unlimited data service. And it took felling some trees, and installing a tower to get it. I pay $69 for 6mb down & 2mb up and that does everything I need, even with working from home and streaming on multiple devices.

[JBen]

I can't see us doing it but who knows. What we have works for us, and really isn't all that bad. But more importantly we will likely move in less than 5 years, maybe a lot sooner.
What happens with the hardware you've paid so much for. Assume it travels with but..In reality, you would mostly likely need to do it again.?

[greatwhite]

If you live in town where there is cable or DSL probably not for you.

There are many places where there is no Cable and DSL is max 5mb/s and some places there are none.

I also use alot about 1000 - 2000 GB a month.

I can't see us doing it but who knows. What we have works for us, and really isn't all that bad. But more importantly we will likely move in less than 5 years, maybe a lot sooner.
What happens with the hardware you've paid so much for. Assume it travels with but..In reality, you would mostly likely need to do it again.?