Starlink

steveR · Jan 23, 2024

steveR said:
Dithering over!

Gone for the rental option, as there are a few things up in the air here, at present. Dish bracket to put up tomorrow, to be ready for the arrival of the kit.

Well kit arrived inside 36hrs, bracket has not shown up yet, but probably immaterial, as I am not fixing brackets and a dish, in this weather!!

Spoke with my original ISP (nice crowd I have used for 30 years) and got their advice and support and they will host the VOIP after the move using our existing number. Just need to buy a phone adapter box, to plug the old cordless base phone into!

J B · Jan 24, 2024

steveR said:
Dithering over!

Gone for the rental option, as there are a few things up in the air here, at present. Dish bracket to put up tomorrow, to be ready for the arrival of the kit.

Well done! - how many years have you been dithering for?

steveR · Jan 25, 2024

J B said:
Well done! - how many years have you been dithering for?

Probably 2.....

steveR · Feb 10, 2024

Looking better already after 15mins up

scotston · Feb 10, 2024

I bought a really good 4/5g router, a mikrotik Chateau around £300. I figured out where the mobile phone masts were and who's they were. Then bought 4 directional antennas for around £160. I get 180mbs down, 50mbs up from around 8kms away for £16/month. It took a bit of learning but the amount of money that was available to save meant it was worth my time. When folk say there's no 4g in their area, is it so far away there's no chance for everyone?

Jerry · Feb 10, 2024

steveR said:
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Looking better already after 15mins up

Happy?

steveR · Feb 11, 2024

scotston said:
I bought a really good 4/5g router, a mikrotik Chateau around £300. I figured out where the mobile phone masts were and who's they were. Then bought 4 directional antennas for around £160. I get 180mbs down, 50mbs up from around 8kms away for £16/month. It took a bit of learning but the amount of money that was available to save meant it was worth my time. When folk say there's no 4g in their area, is it so far away there's no chance for everyone?

Tried, but no LoS to local mast even with external antenna on a mast. Tree covered hill in the way, and when the leaves got wet.... Alternative mast to NE was even worse. There is a reason the local area is known as the Black Hole of Mobile phones and why locals are all familiar with wifi calling!

Got to about 10mbps d/l on 4G, but it was so unreliable as to not be worth any more effort.

scotston · Feb 11, 2024

In those circumstances you cannae beat the laws of physics! But there must be a whole pile of folk who don't know they could find a way if they put their mind to it. I was only advising there is another much cheaper possibility in some situations. Starlink shouldn't be the default answer without trying an enthusiastic LTE option first.

steveR · Feb 11, 2024

Jerry said:
Happy?

Much happier...

Costly, but will be worth it for the coming 6-9 months. Possiblity of fibre getting here.... but i will believe it when I see it.

Just got to sort the ethernet setup today. So a feed back to the router* over the ethernet cabling from the Starlink base, then setup the Router to accept the Starlink feed and I will be happier when that is working properly, especially to the rooftop wifi which feeds the yard.

Then, get VoIP phone sorted next week, and cancel existing broadband and phone contracts.

* It needed an extra 5m of Starlink feed cable to get to the Office and into the existing Router home location, so I went for an alternative access into the house and put the Starlink base in the living room.

steveR · Feb 11, 2024

scotston said:
In those circumstances you cannae beat the laws of physics! But there must be a whole pile of folk who don't know they could find a way if they put their mind to it. I was only advising there is another much cheaper possibility in some situations. Starlink shouldn't be the default answer without trying an enthusiastic LTE option first.

Oh believe you me, Starlink was the final option for us here.....

I am too mean to not try some alternatives first.

Hilly · Feb 11, 2024

steveR said:
Oh believe you me, Starlink was the final option for us here.....

I am too mean to not try some alternatives first.

Its great , they putting in fibre round me now but id be reluctant to swap .. starlink is great .

steveR · Feb 11, 2024

Hilly said:
Its great , they putting in fibre round me now but id be reluctant to swap .. starlink is great .

If FTTP was an option, I would go for it in a heartbeat. Cost alone would be the major factor.

yoki · Feb 11, 2024

steveR said:
Possiblity of fibre getting here.... but i will believe it when I see it.

I live in excess of half a mile in off the road, and I'm the only dwelling situated in the full length of the lane.

I have fibre right in to to the kitchen/living room, so miracles can happen!

CPF · Feb 11, 2024

This was starlink over the midlands on 18 January when I see them.The government are working with starlink to get better coverage for rural areas

steveR · Feb 11, 2024

CPF said:
This was starlink over the midlands on 18 January when I see them.The government are working with starlink to get better coverage for rural areasView attachment 1163761

Starlink to a hamlet that then shares the signal, makes sense.

If my tenants over the way changed to one of my Sprogs*, I am pretty sure we would share the feed.

*It might happen later this year.

PSQ · Feb 19, 2024

Been waiting for FTTP, so didn't renew BT contract so we would be free to switch providers.
Now the BT 'out of contract' rate is £70/month for sketchy max 20mbps FTTC.
Openreach dug in the conduit for Ultrafast FTTP in September, 40 metres from the house - "It should be available either last quarter '23 or first quarter '24".
Openreach now saying "no current plans for your area, but should be available before end December 2026", but we can do you 150mbps when it's connected for £37.95, and carry on paying £70 until then for max 20 meg

f**k that! Sacked them off today, got 30 days to install Starlink and upgrade the wifi network. The £18 BT disconnection fee sounds like a bargain.

Only problem now is finding a suitable location for the dish away from trees, that doesn't involve a 35' ladder.
Oh, and Starlink are offering new kit at £449, or refurbished hardware on their website for £199

suffolksmallholder · Feb 19, 2024

DHL ‘lost’ my Starlink package today.

FFS!

The tracker said that the driver had attempted a delivery to somewhere four and a half miles away but no one was in.

FFS again!

Mrs SS works from home and is there and expecting a DHL delivery. We have an encapsulated pictogram by the post-box showing the gate-post and an arrow pointing to the door-bell button that rings ‘ding-dong’ in the house to warn us that a delivery driver is attempting to deliver and to which we react immediately.
DHL, when I put in my postcode & delivery tracking number, told me that the postcode did not exist.

FFS for the third time.

After several frustrating emails to a void and an unanswerable help line, about two hours later I received a message to tell me that;
“The driver has advised that he is now back in your area and will attempt delivery”

FFS for yet another time just because he has probably been told to ‘try harder’ by depot manager?

Finally received a message that the package has been delivered!

I am so looking forward to removing myself from BT!

SS

Derrick Hughes · Feb 19, 2024

Could have gone faster but this was cheaper

le bon paysan · Feb 19, 2024

suffolksmallholder said:
DHL ‘lost’ my Starlink package today.

FFS!

The tracker said that the driver had attempted a delivery to somewhere four and a half miles away but no one was in.

FFS again!

Mrs SS works from home and is there and expecting a DHL delivery. We have an encapsulated pictogram by the post-box showing the gate-post and an arrow pointing to the door-bell button that rings ‘ding-dong’ in the house to warn us that a delivery driver is attempting to deliver and to which we react immediately.
DHL, when I put in my postcode & delivery tracking number, told me that the postcode did not exist.

FFS for the third time.

After several frustrating emails to a void and an unanswerable help line, about two hours later I received a message to tell me that;
“The driver has advised that he is now back in your area and will attempt delivery”

FFS for yet another time just because he has probably been told to ‘try harder’ by depot manager?

Finally received a message that the package has been delivered!

I am so looking forward to removing myself from BT!

SS

We've got our GPS in the delivery instructions for all sites. Been a game changer. Even the well coloured uPs manage to find us now.

steveR · Feb 19, 2024

PSQ said:
Been waiting for FTTP, so didn't renew BT contract so we would be free to switch providers.
Now the BT 'out of contract' rate is £70/month for sketchy max 20mbps FTTC.
Openreach dug in the conduit for Ultrafast FTTP in September, 40 metres from the house - "It should be available either last quarter '23 or first quarter '24".
Openreach now saying "no current plans for your area, but should be available before end December 2026", but we can do you 150mbps when it's connected for £37.95, and carry on paying £70 until then for max 20 meg
f**k that! Sacked them off today, got 30 days to install Starlink and upgrade the wifi network. The £18 BT disconnection fee sounds like a bargain.

Only problem now is finding a suitable location for the dish away from trees, that doesn't involve a 35' ladder.
Oh, and Starlink are offering new kit at £449, or refurbished hardware on their website for £199

Or a tenner a month hire. Which I went for as might see FTTP next year....

I used a 20ft pole fixed to the gable end, half way up, then pushed the mounted dish above the roof line for 100% view.

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