/sci/ - Science & Math

Does anyone have Starlink? Thinking of buying a terminal, but not sure if I should wait until V2 is fully out. Also, how is cell coverage supposed to work? Is it like they have their own service or they sell it to companies like AT&T or Verizon. I would prefer to buy straight from Starlink DESU.

>>14797539
We're at T -20 for 4-23, I just don't know anymore, it seems we're doing it.

>>14696893
>>14696896
I could see them doing an ultra-low bandwidth rollout if they end up being limited on throughput. Starlink right now is an insane deal. 180mbps at ~20-30ms for $100 a month. For most of my life I paid $80 a month for a 15mpbs wired connection. Starlink is replacing a satellite connection that was 8mpbs for $180 a month. It's outright better for anyone who was using satellite or an LTE modem, and it's better than wired connections in a lot of America. $100 is fucking nothing for the service they offer, an extra 20-50 a month for real actual functioning internet is easily worth it.

The new hardware is Apple-tier and pretty retarded, proprietary POE ethernet connection, and no extra ports on the router to run to a switch or a WAP. Massive cut in functionality to saving nothing on the BOM, and they don't make money on the hardware so the proprietary bullshit is just bullshit. No idea why they even include a router, frankly. I'd be fine with something that ran the WAN and had two ethernet ports if they absolutely needed control over the hardware, but all in all it seems like a stupid choice. I doubt they make any money on the hardware.