I live in rural Pennsylvania and for years, as in 16 years since we moved up here full time, our only internet option was a copper DSL line. We struggled sending and receiving emails and things like Netflix or streaming, well forget that. Anyway after an 18 month wait, Starlink just became available in my area. We had registered and deposited $100 to sign up 18 months ago and just waited. I put up the dish and plugged it in and it found the satellites, no aiming on my part, nada. With Verizon all I could get was 3 megabytes/sec. and that was intermittent on a good day. Where I live there are tons of trees so I mounted it on top of a light pole and aimed it straight up with a 110º clear view of the sky and the system did the rest. It points almost straight up and it even melts the snow off the dish in winter.
Starlink, within 5 minutes, was delivering 180-225 megabytes/sec into my WiFi. Amazing, it opens up a new world that I only had when in populated areas and never at home. And they say it will get better as they add more satellites to the system.
Good bye Verizon, and don't come to me for a reference!
Starlink, within 5 minutes, was delivering 180-225 megabytes/sec into my WiFi. Amazing, it opens up a new world that I only had when in populated areas and never at home. And they say it will get better as they add more satellites to the system.
Good bye Verizon, and don't come to me for a reference!