Does anyone have experience or knowledge about Starlink? If so, I have a couple of questions. Please shoot me a PM. Our new place is out in the country. We currently have Windstream as a provider (only company that services our area) and our modem speed is supposed to be a whooping 3 Mbps, most of the time it’s 2 Mbps or lower. At a bare minimum our TV uses 3 Mbps to operate so most of the time it’s just buffering. Plus we are at the end of the trunk, whatever that means.

 

Swift has ran the conduit for fiber out on the main road, but that’s it. Just empty conduit. Right now Starlink has dropped its equipment prices from around $350.00, down to $175.00. The monthly cost for the first year, down from $80.00, but I’m not recalling the lower price. I’m very interested but I’ve got a couple of questions before I pull the trigger so to speak. I would really appreciate the feedback.

Here’s a link that might help you.

https://www.pcmag.com/comparisons/starlink-vs-hughesnet-vs-viasat-which-satellite-internet-provider-is-best

I can't speak to satellite, but I can to those prices.  We live in a town with fiber and we pay $95 a month for just internet.  Granted, we pull 150 mbps at the most clogged time of day, but we don't need that much speed.  If Starlink (or any satellite provider) can get you a steady 5mpbs you can watch standard def movies.  If they can get you 25mpbs you can watch 4k movies.  I would pay $80 a month for either if I was still living rural.  I feel you're on the right track.  

Starlink is fantastic.  We're rural, too.  We had Viasat before and Starlink is far better in every way.  Only lose it for moments during worst storms.  Speeds are more than fast enough to stream on multiple devices.  Costs less than previous satellite service.  Viasat used to throttle us down to useless for half the month (when we exceeded 100GB, I think it was)

PM any questions. 

Starlink is absolutely outstanding. Three years in now. Feel free to post or dm questions.

22 hours ago, Scott F said:

Here’s a link that might help you.

https://www.pcmag.com/comparisons/starlink-vs-hughesnet-vs-viasat-which-satellite-internet-provider-is-best

Thank you for the link. The article was quite informative and answered some of my concerns. 

22 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

We live in a town with fiber and we pay $95 a month for just internet.

 

Good lord.  That cost is insane.

15 minutes ago, gim said:

 

Good lord.  That cost is insane.

Cable and telephone costs (internet on either) is whatever the company can squeeze out of you. Remember that these companies have monopolies in the communities they service...all blessed by the money they kick back to the local governments...so there is no real competition.

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Cable and telephone costs (internet on either) is whatever the company can squeeze out of you. Remember that these companies have monopolies in the communities they service...all blessed by the money they kick back to the local governments...so there is no real competition.

100% correct, while Windstream has the only DSL internet service out here (again a whopping 3Mbps at best), somehow Swift got the fiber contract. Out where one of my granddaughters lives, the rural power company got the fiber contract.

4 hours ago, gim said:

 

Good lord.  That cost is insane.

That's what we paid from 2011 until we moved to the sticks a few years ago and had to get satellite. 

4 hours ago, gim said:

 

Good lord.  That cost is insane.

We pay 80/month for fiber but there is a base package for $60. My wife uploads thousands of photos each time she does a photo shoot so we need a little extra 

We’ve had Starlink for a while now and it’s the bee’s knees. 

Dang, I had no idea people were paying that for high speed.

 

I forgot to mention, I live right in the middle of a city. Wilderness is close by with no anything service but I’m in the  urban zone