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It's totally fair to review the current state of a beta service. It could be informative for people who are unsure if they want to try the beta-service. But to

It's totally fair to review the current state of a beta service. It could be informative for people who are unsure if they want to try the beta-service. But to compare it as an equal, in it's beta form, against a service that it's not even built to compete against is just plain dumb. If you already have access to high speed internet, starlink it not intended for you. His final comment about "Liking, but not loving starlink" implies that he's comparing starlink to cable internet as equal competitors. They are not and they are not intended to be and that's even considering the fact that starlink is in beta. This guy should not even be allowed on starlink (in the long run) because he already has access to high speed internet. This whole comment section is full of stupidity like: "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply "what about space garbage, isn't space garbage bad" <-- as if LEO garbage won't just decay back to earth "will starlink be like FSD and maybe never get delivered" <-- as if they are related issues, they are not "I don't like Elon" <- because reasons, but also irrelevant "starlink bad because worky less good when obstructed" <-- too dumb for words "i'm worried about the starlink monopoly" <-- you should be banned from the internet

geerlingguy 5y ago
> This guy should not even be allowed on starlink (in the long run) because he already has access to high speed internet. I don't plan on owning it in the long run—I'm going to be giving the dish to my cousin who's on a farm with slow rural DSL once Starlink is available in her area. Unfortunately right now Starlink's available in suburban St. Louis but not in most of the rural communities around it :P
stordoff 5y ago
> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply This feels like a bit of an unfair dismissal. I'm using a laptop that rarely goes above 30W (and is off half off the time), so I'm not sure you can make that assumption. A 1000W power supply also doesn't mean it's using that continually - a GPU can consume >300W under load, but drop to around 10W when it's idle. Further, 100W 24/7 would add around 12-13% to my power bill (which is already above average) - it is a noticeable amount of power.
- tigershark 5y ago
  It was a single light bulb in a decent size room until not so long ago. And some rooms needed 2 or more and it was absolutely normal.
dbeley 5y ago
> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply A gaming computer with a 1000 watt power supply will reastically have a 50W idle load. It's only if the CPU and GPU are fully utilized (like in a gaming scenario) that it might draw several hundreds of Watts.

geerlingguy 5y ago

> This guy should not even be allowed on starlink (in the long run) because he already has access to high speed internet. I don't plan on owning it in the long run—I'm going to be giving the dish to my cousin who's on a farm with slow rural DSL once Starlink is available in her area. Unfortunately right now Starlink's available in suburban St. Louis but not in most of the rural communities around it :P

stordoff 5y ago

> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply This feels like a bit of an unfair dismissal. I'm using a laptop that rarely goes above 30W (and is off half off the time), so I'm not sure you can make that assumption. A 1000W power supply also doesn't mean it's using that continually - a GPU can consume >300W under load, but drop to around 10W when it's idle. Further, 100W 24/7 would add around 12-13% to my power bill (which is already above average) - it is a noticeable amount of power.

tigershark 5y ago
It was a single light bulb in a decent size room until not so long ago. And some rooms needed 2 or more and it was absolutely normal.

dbeley 5y ago

> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply A gaming computer with a 1000 watt power supply will reastically have a 50W idle load. It's only if the CPU and GPU are fully utilized (like in a gaming scenario) that it might draw several hundreds of Watts.