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Can Starlink travel with you? My wife and I are discussing purchasing a tiny home on a trailer and the ability to get a decent connection _anywhere_ would be an

Can Starlink travel with you? My wife and I are discussing purchasing a tiny home on a trailer and the ability to get a decent connection _anywhere_ would be an amazing amenity.

walrus01 6y ago
Not in the beta, no, they have not officially released plans for mobile terminals. I'm sure eventually there will be. It's in the faq on the website.
gpm 6y ago
In principle, yes. They've demoed it on fighter jets. But they don't seem to be selling that capability to consumers just yet - presumably to avoid issues with too many subscribers congregating in one place. See the faq answers on "Can I travel" and "Can I change my service address" https://www.starlink.com/faq https://www.starlink.com/faq
- cromka 6y ago
  "Your Starlink is assigned to a single cell. If you move your Starlink outside of its assigned cell, a satellite will not be scheduled to serve your Starlink and you will not receive internet. This is constrained by geometry and is not arbitrary geofencing." I like how technical they still are. Probably a matte of time before they have to dumb-down everything there.
  - AdamJacobMuller 6y ago
    This seems very much like a beta-only limitation though.
    - BelenusMordred 6y ago
      > beta-only limitation though There's no way you are crossing borders with it and transmitting from a country where it's not approved.
      - m463 6y ago
        That's an interesting point. I noticed this: https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.htm https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.h... "While satellite phones work essentially anywhere on earth, there are some physical and political limitations." one limitation was not what I expected: "Cuba restricts the use of satellite phones because they’re seen as tools for subversive purposes" Back to starlink - I think distributed living is a wonderful if not the most wonderful application of this. I can imagine in a number of years having a tesla pull a trailer with fold-out solar panels. Have a little self-sufficient base camp with power for climate, cooking, transportation. And now internet.
        ramraj07 6y ago
        I believe you can get into a metric ton of trouble if you try to import a satphone in India as well.
        girvo 6y ago
        As a side point, Cuba’s internet is also filtered and such, but was remarkably easy to get around with an SSH tunnel. Was handy when I was there!
      - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
        Who is responsible for a regional law like the Cuban one mentioned in this thread? Would Starlink be held responsible, or would it be the one moving a receiver across the border?
        xigurat 6y ago
        Usually is the person smuggling it or installing it. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gross
  - numpad0 6y ago
    Sounds like combinatorial explosion peeking from backstage
ocdtrekkie 6y ago
This is the point where Starlink will be interesting to me. As a stationary service it just isn't interesting for any use case I have personally.

Can Starlink travel with you? My wife and I are discussing purchasing a tiny home on a trailer and the ability to get a decent connection _anywhere_ would be an amazing amenity.

walrus01 6y ago

Not in the beta, no, they have not officially released plans for mobile terminals. I'm sure eventually there will be. It's in the faq on the website.

gpm 6y ago

In principle, yes. They've demoed it on fighter jets. But they don't seem to be selling that capability to consumers just yet - presumably to avoid issues with too many subscribers congregating in one place. See the faq answers on "Can I travel" and "Can I change my service address" https://www.starlink.com/faq https://www.starlink.com/faq

cromka 6y ago
"Your Starlink is assigned to a single cell. If you move your Starlink outside of its assigned cell, a satellite will not be scheduled to serve your Starlink and you will not receive internet. This is constrained by geometry and is not arbitrary geofencing." I like how technical they still are. Probably a matte of time before they have to dumb-down everything there.
- AdamJacobMuller 6y ago
  This seems very much like a beta-only limitation though.
  - BelenusMordred 6y ago
    > beta-only limitation though There's no way you are crossing borders with it and transmitting from a country where it's not approved.
    - m463 6y ago
      That's an interesting point. I noticed this: https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.htm https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.h... "While satellite phones work essentially anywhere on earth, there are some physical and political limitations." one limitation was not what I expected: "Cuba restricts the use of satellite phones because they’re seen as tools for subversive purposes" Back to starlink - I think distributed living is a wonderful if not the most wonderful application of this. I can imagine in a number of years having a tesla pull a trailer with fold-out solar panels. Have a little self-sufficient base camp with power for climate, cooking, transportation. And now internet.
      - ramraj07 6y ago
        I believe you can get into a metric ton of trouble if you try to import a satphone in India as well.
      - girvo 6y ago
        As a side point, Cuba’s internet is also filtered and such, but was remarkably easy to get around with an SSH tunnel. Was handy when I was there!
    - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
      Who is responsible for a regional law like the Cuban one mentioned in this thread? Would Starlink be held responsible, or would it be the one moving a receiver across the border?
      - xigurat 6y ago
        Usually is the person smuggling it or installing it. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gross
- numpad0 6y ago
  Sounds like combinatorial explosion peeking from backstage

ocdtrekkie 6y ago

This is the point where Starlink will be interesting to me. As a stationary service it just isn't interesting for any use case I have personally.