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Starlink was good but not for me because I was surrounded by trees. I had an interruption every 3 mins. Sometimes for a couple of seconds and sometimes for a fe
by mortureb 3y ago
Starlink was good but not for me because I was surrounded by trees. I had an interruption every 3 mins. Sometimes for a couple of seconds and sometimes for a few minutes. There’s no disruption when you’re streaming things but it makes video calls almost impossible which is what I needed the most for my job. Ended up keeping starlink and reenabling my Viasat system just for the video calls. I have a wired fiber connection now and it’s heaven.
- pnpnp 3y agoA hack I’ve seen people do is to mount Starlink to the top of a tall tree (and cut the very top off the tree). It has a built-in IMU, and can tolerate some ridiculous amount of sway since the phased array antenna can steer the beam so quickly.
- mortureb 3y agoYeah I considered it but the trees around my house were 70-80 ft high so it wasn’t trivial.
- idoescompooters 3y agoHow long until lightning takes it out? Or a strong storm takes the tree down.
- pnpnp 3y agoFor a lot of people, it’s a worthwhile risk. Starlink has historically replaced them for free if lightning strikes them (this was early in beta when I paid attention, so the policy may have changed).