Basic question... is the end user internet query/upload through an uplink from the 23" dish on your house? No terrestrial RF or anything else involved? Just the one 23" dish and rx/tx equipment?
Anyone know the power consumption of the unit with/without the heaters? Trying to plan for power backup.
Yes, but that is in a 30 degree F climate. It would useful to know what it does in a 50 degree climate like what you'd see in CA typically.
No heaters in there, or the tear downs would have found them. Dishy McFlatface has a “snow” mode where it generates heat through it’s phased array if it detects (I think) it is enjoying too many snow flakes.
This person is running his on a 78w PoE switch allowing them to run their own networking gear while maintaining Starlink app access to the dish. https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/lcu565/starlink_router_alternate_poe/gm2bo03
Potential Federal subsidy for Internet may align well with Starlink in undeserved areas. It's only till end of pandemic, so impact may not be that great, but could increase adoption. FCC approves $50 monthly internet subsidies for low-income households during pandemic - CNN
Is there or what is the best discussion group for Starlink Beta testers? I live in Mariposa County, CA, ~37° N and surprisingly got my dishy a few days ago. I live in a forested area, but found a location with a view to the North that seems to work OK. My first 2 days of operation showed an uptime of >99.5% and some pretty amazing, but variable speeds. Then the system seemed to go down. Dishy seems to see the satellites, but it seems that they are not connected to the server. Where is the best place to get input on the status of the system and leave feedback?
I keep hearing that the Starlink system's speed will improve. I just installed it and got 156.1 mbs download, 17.9 mbs upload and 48 ms ping That's over 15 times the speed of my existing situation (similar ping) Outstanding. I guess they've already improved it.......
Got my email last Tuesday. It's £500 for the equipment and admin/delivery charges; then £89 per month. Deposit is one month's charge, fully refundable.