Does being in a meteor impact crater affect you reception? Get some outer worldly signals from it's dish shape.
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Does being in a meteor impact crater affect you reception? Get some outer worldly signals from it's dish shape.
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Ha ha, I know. Everyone who's heard about the theoretical city formation jokes with us all the time. Usually only Kentuckians or folks from surrounding NE TN or SW VA counties know "Crater City". Can't receive Knoxville TV or radio very well down in the crater unless on higher ground out by Pineville Pike. Cable changed everything. Much better reception up in Harrogate and Cumberland Gap.
Anyway, I had trouble connecting with my phone hot spot this morning. I've carried a T-Mobile 4G hot spot more than 5 years for test and emergency purposes. Connected fine with the brick. Finally got back on with the phone. It has been foggy out this morning, but fog began clearing when 5G phone hot spot signal seems restored.
I can get 100 down and 43 up with 5G about two miles from my house. It’s awesome.
KY is asking people to take a speed test so that they can try to improve broadband access
KY is asking people to take a speed test so that they can try to improve broadband access
Just watch the porn clips because if you’re on a family plan and you blast through the monthly data allowance, all family members on the plan get a text letting them know what you’re up to.
Which county are you in?
Cumberland county and I am switching from mediacom to duocounty
Mediacom speeds aren’t terrible but they have a data cap
Honestly lack of good internet has been the biggest issue I have hesitated to pack up and leave Lexington and head out to a smaller town.
My parents are having the same problems here in Central VA. They want to move into the suburbs because they want to stay near here, but out in the suburbs the internet is garbage.
Plus there's the whole other problem that nearly all the decent houses in the suburbs cost considerably more than what their current house is worth.
The few times they have found one that's affordable, the ISPs they have to choose from (which they are lucky if there is more than one to choose from) have been garbage. It's at the point where if they find a house in their price range, they just look up what ISP they can get there before they even look at anything else with the house.
Strip AT&T of their bullshit monopoly protections and allow the electric utilities to run broadband like happens in the Tva counties in Ky. The co-ops and municipal Tva distributors in west Ky are providing terrific fiber to the home in cities and rural areas
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I live in Western Ky in Graves County, I use WKRT for my service just tested, download 78.1, upload 102.7, they have 4 levels of speed, mine is the cheapest.
Ordered my Starlink and I am waiting for it to ship - i am so jacked it is impossible to overstate.
Built our house in eastern shelby county 14 years ago and found that i built in an internet dead zone - go half mile in either direction and you can get cable modem - not this guy - me and my neighbors have no such options.
But Elon is my guy - i have been tracking this since its inception - i will finally have true broadband.
I work from home in the tech industry and it has been challenging at times.
Built our house in eastern shelby county 14 years ago and found that i built in an internet dead zone - go half mile in either direction and you can get cable modem - not this guy - me and my neighbors have no such options.
But Elon is my guy - i have been tracking this since its inception - i will finally have true broadband.
I work from home in the tech industry and it has been challenging at times.
Let us know how it is. I mean I’m satisfied with what I have but there is also no competition
It will be a huge upgrade for me, I have 3mbs DSL 😁
I will provide a review once up and running...
So were you fully chosen for Starlink?
I paid the $99 deposit two weeks ago but they are upfront that paying the deposit doesn’t guarantee service.
keep us posted please
I paid the $99 deposit two weeks ago but they are upfront that paying the deposit doesn’t guarantee service.
keep us posted please
10 years ago I paid for AT&T 6mbps DSL. On a normal day I was lucky to get 1. Called several times and they always just said "Everything is normal on our end"
At&T is the devil. If they weren’t allowed to have a legal monopoly we’d all have fast internet
I used to live just outside of KY about 7 miles in southwest Virginia and the only internet available was satellite internet called Hughes net (also no cell service at all). At the time the highest available package you could buy was 50GB a month and it was over 100$ for just internet. It was almost like a data plan and once you used all of your GB up the internet would just stop working completely until the next payment was due. So if you ran out of GB on day 14 then you just had no internet the rest of the month. You could go on their website and buy 1GB for an additional 10$ dollars on your bill. Watching any type of Netflix or gaming and you would run out in no time. I probably spent thousands of dollars over the 8 years living there buying 1GB at a time just so I could finish a Netflix show.
Wow the paddock surprises me... I figured you all had the best internet. I have Windstream Kinectic fiber in Lexington right now on a trial for 1 gigabyte/ second that costs $70/month I think. But my normal speed without promotion is 200 mbps and I only pay $45/ month for that can’t be beat for that price. When I test my 200 I actually hit closer to 236 mbps. The only use for the one gig currently is my desktop computer but on that test wired it hit 964 mbps pretty insane!
Bucket, yes fully chosen, $580 for the dish and router.
Still waiting for shipping but my card was hit and my order status is "pending"
I will provide updates
From the email I received:
Starlink is now available for order to a limited number of users in your coverage area. Placing your order now will hold your place in line for future service. Orders will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.
During beta, users can expect to see data speeds vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s and latency from 20ms to 40ms in most locations over the next several months as we enhance the Starlink system. There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all.
As we launch more satellites, install more ground stations and improve our networking software, data speed, latency and uptime will improve dramatically.
The Starlink team will provide periodic updates on availability as we launch more satellites and expand our coverage area. Depending on your location, some orders may take 6 months or more to fulfill.
Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021. You will receive a notification once your Starlink is ready to ship.
Hardware
$499.00
Service
$99.00 /mo
Shipping & Handling
$50.00
Est. Tax
$32.94
Due Today
$99.00
Starlink is now available for order to a limited number of users in your coverage area. Placing your order now will hold your place in line for future service. Orders will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.
During beta, users can expect to see data speeds vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s and latency from 20ms to 40ms in most locations over the next several months as we enhance the Starlink system. There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all.
As we launch more satellites, install more ground stations and improve our networking software, data speed, latency and uptime will improve dramatically.
The Starlink team will provide periodic updates on availability as we launch more satellites and expand our coverage area. Depending on your location, some orders may take 6 months or more to fulfill.
Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021. You will receive a notification once your Starlink is ready to ship.
Hardware
$499.00
Service
$99.00 /mo
Shipping & Handling
$50.00
Est. Tax
$32.94
Due Today
$99.00
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I got my Starlink invite today. I've currently got a 4g unlimited Wifi plan from T-Mobile that gives me 80-170 mbps down, so Starlink's 50-150 mbps is in the ballpark of T-Mobile's service. Still, Starlink says their speeds will go up as the network build out continues, so I ordered it, too. I'm in south central KY & the info from Starlink said my area is also scheduled for availability in mid-late 2021.
Rural LaRue County. Windstream DSL. It’s shit. 5.6 Mbs download; 0.75 mbs upload. If more than one device tries to stream video all devices endlessly buffer.
Moved here from Etown where I had 200Mbs download and 7.5 mbs upload.
Moved here from Etown where I had 200Mbs download and 7.5 mbs upload.
Got installed today...
Averaging 90mbs+ down and 20mbs+ up.
I have had a sustained high of 160mbs+ download.
Research says that it takes 24-36 hours to get fully calibrated and of course the more satellites the more stable/predictable it becomes.
Keep in mind that as posted above, I work in technology and the most I have been able to get at the home we built was 3mbs down, for 14 years!!!
Truly a game changer for my household.
Averaging 90mbs+ down and 20mbs+ up.
I have had a sustained high of 160mbs+ download.
Research says that it takes 24-36 hours to get fully calibrated and of course the more satellites the more stable/predictable it becomes.
Keep in mind that as posted above, I work in technology and the most I have been able to get at the home we built was 3mbs down, for 14 years!!!
Truly a game changer for my household.
90/20 is pretty good. I mean it’s not amazing compared to other areas with good internet, but it’s good enough to handle 4K streaming for sure. Which means it should be good enough for the vast majority of human beings.
Have you had any bad weather yet that could interfere like weather can with satellite TV? I wonder if it would have that same problem.
Addressing posts above:
Install can be very easy depending on your location. At most basic you mount it on a provided tripod, sit it in the yard somewhere with unobstructed view, run the cable into the house, plug into POE brick, plug provided router into POE, and BOOM, internet.
Mine is mounted on the roof on a J-pole with a pipe adaptor and I ran the cable through a roof vent into the attic, down the inside of a wall. Additionally, I used my own router instead of the one provided. I am in tech so I prefer to manage my own router though the provided router has good reviews but limitations for management.
I am averaging between 20-50 on ping with under 5 jitter and damn near 0 packet loss.
We have had no weather since install but there are countless reddit post detailing that rain/ice/snow/clouds have had minimal to no impact. The dish is actually self heating which assists in melting precipitation off of the surface.
I have seen reports that if not mounted securely that wind can have adverse effects as you would expect. Mine is mounted very tightly so do not anticipate that being an issue with my setup.
Any more questions - fire away.
Install can be very easy depending on your location. At most basic you mount it on a provided tripod, sit it in the yard somewhere with unobstructed view, run the cable into the house, plug into POE brick, plug provided router into POE, and BOOM, internet.
Mine is mounted on the roof on a J-pole with a pipe adaptor and I ran the cable through a roof vent into the attic, down the inside of a wall. Additionally, I used my own router instead of the one provided. I am in tech so I prefer to manage my own router though the provided router has good reviews but limitations for management.
I am averaging between 20-50 on ping with under 5 jitter and damn near 0 packet loss.
We have had no weather since install but there are countless reddit post detailing that rain/ice/snow/clouds have had minimal to no impact. The dish is actually self heating which assists in melting precipitation off of the surface.
I have seen reports that if not mounted securely that wind can have adverse effects as you would expect. Mine is mounted very tightly so do not anticipate that being an issue with my setup.
Any more questions - fire away.
Hit a new high of 236mbs down last night...
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