Sparkeur
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I find signing up for this oddly compelling ... must resist ...
Up to 150mbps? Resistance is futile.
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I find signing up for this oddly compelling ... must resist ...
I find signing up for this oddly compelling ... must resist ....
It finds my address and says, "Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021", and will presumably allow me to proceed and place an order. One issue is it would be very helpful to know how much of the sky will need to be unobstructed. There are various spots I could locate the dish without too much hassle, but none have 360 degree views free from any tree, roof or chimney. They ought really have an app or other means to check on site location parameters prior to ordering. That said, I'm tempted to place the refundable deposit and worry about that when/if my number gets called....It's easier to resist when their system can't find my address or Plus code and I'm surrounded by trees with ridges both north and south...
For a computer dependant Co they're hopeless. I even had a message telling me my car repair would be ready on a date 3 days before it actually was...
It finds my address and says, "Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021", and will presumably allow me to proceed and place an order. One issue is it would be very helpful to know how much of the sky will need to be unobstructed. There are various spots I could locate the dish without too much hassle, but none have 360 degree views free from any tree, roof or chimney. They ought really have an app or other means to check on site location parameters prior to ordering. That said, I'm tempted to place the refundable deposit and worry about that when/if my number gets called....
How is any app going to take account of local obstructions you may have in your garden or surrounding your house? There's only so much you can derive from Google Earth images. The trees don't have leaves on them today but in a few months they will. That alone will make a difference if you have a lot of tree cover.It finds my address and says, "Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021", and will presumably allow me to proceed and place an order. One issue is it would be very helpful to know how much of the sky will need to be unobstructed. There are various spots I could locate the dish without too much hassle, but none have 360 degree views free from any tree, roof or chimney. They ought really have an app or other means to check on site location parameters prior to ordering. That said, I'm tempted to place the refundable deposit and worry about that when/if my number gets called....
How is any app going to take account of local obstructions you may have in your garden or surrounding your house? There's only so much you can derive from Google Earth images. The trees don't have leaves on them today but in a few months they will. That alone will make a difference if you have a lot of tree cover.
The satellites are constantly moving overhead. It's not like Sky TV where there's one satellite in a fixed position.
From what I've seen (admittedly not comprehensive), it seems the dish needs unobstructed views of a quadrant of the sky, not a full swipe of the entire horizon in all directions. I am just wanting to see how large and where that area needs to be.How is any app going to take account of local obstructions you may have in your garden or surrounding your house? There's only so much you can derive from Google Earth images. The trees don't have leaves on them today but in a few months they will. That alone will make a difference if you have a lot of tree cover.
The satellites are constantly moving overhead. It's not like Sky TV where there's one satellite in a fixed position.
Sure, but obstructions within that FOV won't mean you'll have no service, it will mean you'll have a degraded service.The app gets you to point your device up at the sky and superimposes the required field of view over the camera image.
Sure, but obstructions within that FOV won't mean you'll have no service, it will mean you'll have a degraded service.
Does the app work out how degraded the service will be based on the image you give it or does it just show you the FOV?
Sure, but obstructions within that FOV won't mean you'll have no service, it will mean you'll have a degraded service.
Does the app work out how degraded the service will be based on the image you give it or does it just show you the FOV?
You'll get 'a' service, but there will be interruptions. It's just the same as having a tree branch waving in the wind in front of your satellite TV dish, but as there are multiple Starlink satellites usually in view, a single obstruction like one tall, slim tree shouldn't cause too much trouble I'd think.It just gives you the field of view. I think their assumption is that if you have an obstruction you won't get the service until you've removed the obstruction or the field of view decreases.
I'm never going to get it. Manx Telecom FTTP only covers a fraction of the properties on the island and they've recently come under fire for advertising a small stretch of homes by a southern beach as being eligible for FTTP where there are large swathes of the capital which don't have it.
My best ADSL sync is 4/5Mbps down, and I currently get broadband microwaved to the mountain and back down again the other end. It's quite good, limited to 40Mbps/5Mbps on a good day.
I just wanted to reply to my own post with this;