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A couple years ago I moved somewhere where my only internet option is satellite (HughesNet). The data caps are pretty low (50 GB per month) but if you use data
by agency 5y ago
A couple years ago I moved somewhere where my only internet option is satellite (HughesNet). The data caps are pretty low (50 GB per month) but if you use data on the “bonus zone” (midnight to 8am IIRC) you get an additional 50GB quota, so I wrote a tool that lets me queue up YouTube videos to download in the middle of the night. It’s a pretty simple collection of scripts that shell out to youtube-dl. I wrote it in TypeScript just because that’s what I was writing at work at the time: https://github.com/dylanscott/downlater https://github.com/dylanscott/downlater
I’m still using it often a couple years later, though I’m hoping my Starlink pre-order will come through soon and render it obsolete.
- cheschire 5y agoThere’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that starlink isn’t ready for prime time. If you have trees, forget about it.
- selfhoster11 5y agoI'm saying this half in jest, but what about just mounting the antenna on a really long pole? Or on the roof.
- cheschire 5y agoIIRC it requires a very wide angle of visibility to the sky. I'm not an owner, I just read some articles about the issues a couple months ago.
- agency 5y agoI have a pretty clear view of the sky so I’m hoping for the best. HughesNet is barely usable for anything but basic browsing and the plan I’m on is more expensive than Starlink to boot.
- cheschire 5y agoIndeed. I'm only encouraging you to go in with your eyes open, rather than discouraging you from trying altogether. Internet quality is definitely one of the downsides to living outside of major population centers, and I do respect HughesNet for managing to provide internet to so much low density space. I hope that starlink does become a solid competitor in these regions though once the kinks are worked out.
- dmckeon 5y agoStarlink has an app to measure obstruction levels: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starlink/id1537177988 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starlink/id1537177988
- cheschire 5y agoSaw this today and thought of you stranger. https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/o1zgt2/starlink_dishes_go_into_thermal_shutdown_once/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/o1zgt2/starlink_di...