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Starlink Internet

red10
red10 Posts: 863
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Apparently good 4G or 5G gives it a run for it's money but could be a solution for rual applications. Anybody on here got any experience of it ?

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  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,244
    I have had it for 18 months now and it is fantastic. Although I do live in a very rural location, previously I had BT that they claimed was fibre but due to the distance from the exchange my average speed was about 5Mbs it was so bad I had no chance of watching Netflix or anything. For locations like mine Starlink is a godsend
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,606
    AndyG said:
    I have had it for 18 months now and it is fantastic. Although I do live in a very rural location, previously I had BT that they claimed was fibre but due to the distance from the exchange my average speed was about 5Mbs it was so bad I had no chance of watching Netflix or anything. For locations like mine Starlink is a godsend
    Is it expensive?
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,244
    se9addick said:
    AndyG said:
    I have had it for 18 months now and it is fantastic. Although I do live in a very rural location, previously I had BT that they claimed was fibre but due to the distance from the exchange my average speed was about 5Mbs it was so bad I had no chance of watching Netflix or anything. For locations like mine Starlink is a godsend
    Is it expensive?
    I pay £75.00 pm which is obviously more than BT but I can actually use it lol the speeds are mental 
  • CoveredEndAndy
    CoveredEndAndy Posts: 109
    Its great, we are very rural, best i every had with so called fibre was 13 mbs, rubbish for watching football, now we get in the hundreds and happy to pay £75.00 for it.
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 380
    I dont have it - and tend to baulk at the price, but everyone i know who has it say its brilliant.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,498
    If you live truly in the sticks it is a viable solution. The more satellites Elon keeps firing into the atmosphere the better the constant coverage will be too. Price is toppy but when the alternative is partial fibre miles from a telephone exchange I know I'd pay it 

    If you don't live in the sticks, you shouldn't need it in this country 
  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,575
    I have Starlink, best £75 a month you can spend. I live in North Kent & the broadband supplied locally is absolutely appalling - we’ve tried Sky, BT & we’re getting 30/40 mbps, currently getting 102mbps right now on Starlink - have been hitting 250mbps most nights 
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 863
    Thanks all. Will probably go for it as nothing to lose really. Would look to a more traditional fibre solution but not possible for our location without some major cable works.
  • Cajetan
    Cajetan Posts: 21
    We live in deepest Essex on the Suffolk border and Starlink has been brilliant. Never goes down and usually between 150 and 200 Mbps. 
  • Portch
    Portch Posts: 174
    I have it and pay £35 per month. It’s absolutely brilliant. 

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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,508
    I was looking at satellite broadband a few years ago as our landline BT was delivering 2mps - not much more than dial up! But Cheshire East rural broadband initiative now delivers full fibre to premises from Airband at £56 pm and I get anything up to 700-800 mps now - very reliable as well. We are very rural!
    If that hadn't happened then I would almost certainly have gone for Starlink. Might be worth checking with your local authority what plans they might have to connect rural locations. 
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 380
    Portch said:
    I have it and pay £35 per month. It’s absolutely brilliant. 
    How do you only pay 35 ?
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 863
    Ordered the Residential 200, £45 pm for 6 months, then £55. Kit is rent free. Be interesting to see how it goes before kicking plusnet into touch.

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