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Bit late on the news towards starlink but it is now deploying

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WAI4WD:
Updated: you reminded me I had to buy this, just purchased the RV system.

Even better, if you get the kit within 7 days of it shipping, no delays, then you can pause the service if not using immediately, so you don't pay the first months $170 charge.

My wife cannot have crap internet, or none, when we travel, business necessity.



Starlink for RV allows you to access Services at any destination where Starlink provides active coverage. After placing a Starlink for RV Order, you will be charged a one-time hardware fee and a monthly subscription fee at the beginning of your billing cycle (14 days after shipping). The monthly subscription fee will be ongoing unless you pause your Service. When the Starlink for RV is enabled, you will be charged the fee on your next monthly invoice, in full monthly increments, which cannot be pro-rated. The Service can be paused and reactivated at any time. If you choose to pause Service in the first month, you must do so within 7 days of the Kit’s shipping date, or you will be charged for the entire first month of Service. Starlink for RV and billing charges will be ongoing until you disable the Service via your Starlink account. Supply of RV Services is subject to network and equipment availability.
https://www.starlink.com/account/legal/documents/DOC-1029-53044-64?regionCode=AU

mewgaf:
What is the down link and link speed like?


Thanks
Mark

WAI4WD:
Starlink has pretty decent speeds. Youtube has heaps of reviews. In crappy conditions 20-30Mbps up/down is normal, which is better than most get on NBN, and normal speeds are typically around 100+Mbps down and 50+Mbps up. Really good days, not many on a ground connection, people have surpassed 200+Mbps down and 150+Mbps up. Lot of factors involved.

The typical ping though is 100-200ms, being satellite and all.

Whilst you connect to a satellite, your signal may bounce via several sats to hit a ground relay. Depends on where you are in relation to ground stations, how many satellites you have to traverse, weather, visibility from the dish to satellite, etc etc.

People generally only have a good experience with it compared to trying to get mobile data. Sometimes mobile data may be better available than whipping out the starlink dish. If you were in a caravan park near 5G, and you have 5G, then starlink is useless.

If you're in the lower half of Australia, at time of writing, you have starlink coverage. If you travel places that has none or poor internet with any regularity, then starlink RV can probably save you a lot of headaches, but it will still cost you $170 per month you activate it, and they do not pro-rata or any such thing, so if you turn it on at the end of the month and are away into the next month, you're going to pay two months access. That is my understanding of the TOS.

mewgaf:
Thanks for that
A friend is looking at getting it for there caravan, I understand all the satellite stuff as she asked me to have a quick look. But knowing what people are getting in real life is better than guessing than I can explain limiting of factors, like rain and why line of sight of satellite is important.


Cheers
Mark

yvesjv:

--- Quote from: WAI4WD on Jul 04, 2022, 02:04:56 PM ---The typical ping though is 100-200ms, being satellite and all.

--- End quote ---

Can you do the usual IP connectivity tests?
I'm really interested in knowing what IP range they are using in Australia and who is providing the backhaul,
A traceroute or tracetcp could show something.

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