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That's awesome! On Starlink in Mendocino county (CA) (in the woods), I'm still dropping out for a few seconds every couple of minutes. Fine for calls, Netflix,

That's awesome! On Starlink in Mendocino county (CA) (in the woods), I'm still dropping out for a few seconds every couple of minutes. Fine for calls, Netflix, and browsing, but most video games will boot me whenever they happen. Some streaming services seem to buffer far less than others. Disney+ seems to stop playing the moment it can't phone home. Admittedly, most of my trouble is probably caused by the 70 meter coastal redwood on the western horizon. The network isn't quite dense enough yet that I can get a satellite visible at all times amongst the trees. It's just a bit sad, as the Starlink app reports like 95% clear sky. You really do need 100%.

walrus01 5y ago
I agree on the trees. Mine is also at a considerably further northern latitude so the simultaneous density of overhead satellites at any point in time is quite a lot more. for people with trees they cannot cut down I see a lot more 40' aluminum light duty towers with foundation kits getting sold in the future. Much like people used to put up in very rural areas with yagi antennas on them to receive OTA TV a logn time ago. http://www.texastowers.com/towers/ss.htm http://www.texastowers.com/towers/ss.htm
rickosborne 5y ago
Hello from Philo! We were seeing drops of a few minutes each day, but as of December we've gone days without even the slightest interruption. We had to really work to get Dishy to not have any obstructions, but since then it's been great: https://pics.rickosborne.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/03110552/wm-wp-1641225946066-scaled.jpg https://pics.rickosborne.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01... We also have Ukiah Wireless, point to point microwave, as a backup. I use it for my work uplink as it has more stable upload bandwidth than Starlink. And when we had those really bad storms over the last few weeks, Starlink definitely struggled more than microwave.

walrus01 5y ago

I agree on the trees. Mine is also at a considerably further northern latitude so the simultaneous density of overhead satellites at any point in time is quite a lot more. for people with trees they cannot cut down I see a lot more 40' aluminum light duty towers with foundation kits getting sold in the future. Much like people used to put up in very rural areas with yagi antennas on them to receive OTA TV a logn time ago. http://www.texastowers.com/towers/ss.htm http://www.texastowers.com/towers/ss.htm

rickosborne 5y ago

Hello from Philo! We were seeing drops of a few minutes each day, but as of December we've gone days without even the slightest interruption. We had to really work to get Dishy to not have any obstructions, but since then it's been great: https://pics.rickosborne.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/03110552/wm-wp-1641225946066-scaled.jpg https://pics.rickosborne.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01... We also have Ukiah Wireless, point to point microwave, as a backup. I use it for my work uplink as it has more stable upload bandwidth than Starlink. And when we had those really bad storms over the last few weeks, Starlink definitely struggled more than microwave.