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dhanson865
Well-Known Member
OK to revisit
Dominican Republic said Q2 2022 and is live.
Estonia said Q1 2023 but is live already.
Chile said Q1 2023 but is live already
Columbia said Q2 2022 and got pushed back to Q3 2022 has some specific cells open
Alaska said Q1 2023 but got a large southern portion opened up already. Remainder of state says Q1 2023.
Northern Canada says Q1 2023 but has specific cells active already (first nations)
Brazil said Q1 2023 and now has a large portion active, still says Q1 2023 for the rest of Brazil
Sweden said Q1 2023, southern portion opened already, northern portion still says Q1 2023
Norway said Q1 2023, southern portion opened already, northern portion still says Q1 2023
Nigeria said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Bahamas said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Jamaica said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Ecuador said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Peru said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Japan said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Trinidad and Tobago said Q3 2022 and got pushed back to Q4 2022
Mozambique says Q4 2022 (no change)
St. Kitts and Nevis says Q4 2022 (no change)
St Vincent and the Grenadines says Q4 2022 (no change)
Panama says Q4 2022 (no change)
Argentina says Q4 2022 (no change)
Philippines says Q4 2022 (no change)
Barbados said Q4 2022 and got pushed back to Q1 2023
Paraguay said Q4 2022 and got pushed back to Q1 2023
Iceland said Q1 2023 but got moved up and now says Q4 2022
Finland said Q1 2023 but got moved up and now says Q4 2022
Northern Australia says Q1 2023 (no change in estimate, but southern portion expanded live portion)
Greenland said Q1 2023 but now says "Service date is unknown at this time"
Serbia added, now says "Q4 2022"
Albania added, now says "Q4 2022"
Georgia added, now says "Q4 2022"
Angola added, now says "Q1 2023"
Gabon added, now says "Q1 2023"
Kenya added, now says "Q1 2023"
Tanzania added, now says "Q1 2023"
Azerbaijan added, now says "Q1 2023"
Armenia added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Montenegro added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Mauritania added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Senegal added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Ivory Coast added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Ghana added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Benin added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Botswana added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Zambia added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Congo added, now says "Starting in 2023"
Pakistan added, now says "Pending regulatory approval"
India added, now says "Pending regulatory approval"
Thailand added, now says "Pending regulatory approval"
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Netting it all out, looks like Starlink is firing on all thrusters.
CyberGus
Not Just a Member
Starlink to Iran gets the OK from US government.
Um, this is a bit contrary to how SpaceX has normally operated isn’t it? Normally they wait to acquire a government license to operate in a country. Why this sudden change for Iran?
Iran is under various sanctions, SpaceX couldn't operate there without gaining US governmental approval.
I expect that still means that people need to get the dishes in the country. I'm not sure how this would work. Even if the government does not allow the system someone can bring a dish into the country and activate it?
Could this be happening in Russia? Or China?
Could this be happening in Russia? Or China?
Yep. I recall Elon Tweeting about that previously, but can't find it now.
He does confirm that stance in the above thread:
Even if SpaceX receives US government permission to activate Starlink in Iran, the Iranian government is not going to allow Starlink dishes into the country. They would have to be smuggled in, and then anyone who uses one will risk imprisonment. And they are not easy to conceal…
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Report in ars technica Starlink is getting a lot slower as more people use it, speed tests show
Starlink may be taking on too many new customers.
Starlink may be taking on too many new customers.
Hummm
The data is from Ookla speed tests which combines all versions of Starlink. I'm in a waitlist area in SE Michigan, to even get Starlink at this point I had to buy the RV version (kept residential order to save my spot). As an RV user, I have 'best effort' serivce quality. That will bring down the speed average but says nothing about what official residential customers are getting.
Plus, there is the issue that the speed test results may be hampered by user equipment / setup. Note, it's raining here, but I did each group of tests sequentially.
With Ookla web test: Using 5GHz to a mesh router to Starlink I get (again RV version) 26-50 Mbps. Using 2.4 to Starlink directly, I get 15-25 Mbps.
Using the Starlink speed test it's 53 down 10 up on 5GHz mesh vs 21/10 on direct 2.4GHz.
Standing next to Starlink router:
2.4 GHz
Ookla 62 down
Starlink 39 down 19 up
5 GHz
Ookla 78 down
Starlink 58 down 8.3 up
Also have tests from this morning hitting over 100 download.
Further, of course it will get slower if user base grows with the same constellation size (total bandwidth), but that doesn't mean it's slow.
More satellites, more ground stations, and laser links will help in the near time frame, Starlink V2 will boost bandwidth in the longer term.
In parts of the US and Canada, elsewhere they have lots of capacity. And “too many” is relative. Even in congested areas it works better for a lot of people than what they had before. Basically, the market will sort itself out. Eventually only those that really need it will stick with it in overloaded sections. Meanwhile SpaceX is lofting 50 or so new satellites a week, so they are doing their upmost best.
Yes, but that’s par for the course in such countries. There are many things that are smuggled in, TV dishes for example. The state isn’t all powerful, and seemingly, getting less powerful by the day there.
Imagine if SpaceX/T-Mobile allow grey market cell connectivity...
bkp_duke
Well-Known Member
Actually, the Ukranians have shown us they are pretty easy to conceal. A mesh net over one is sufficient to hide it from view, without being thick enough to impact performance.
And smuggling things into Iran . . . not as hard as one might imagine.
I have had Starlink Residential since 4/2022 my speeds were averaging between 20-60 download until recently hit 100 in the early AM. For my use case Starlink is good enough mostly for work and tv streaming. People get too caught up in speed and say “ but Elon Musk promised 300 download speeds” and want to quit the service. If I had legit other options I probably wouldn’t have Starlink
I see a lot of variation, but this is typical for me in rural Idaho. Sometimes I'll see >300 downloads, sometimes <100. Depends because the satellites are always moving. I have no options that are even close, and those are data limited.
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