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I'm currently living on a sailboat with my wife working remote in the Caribbean. There are 5g sim cards for pretty cheap but I think you know what it would be l

by Difwif 3y ago

I'm currently living on a sailboat with my wife working remote in the Caribbean. There are 5g sim cards for pretty cheap but I think you know what it would be like to only use that in the states to do your job. Sometimes the networks here go down all day. Starlink makes this life possible and it's a dream. Also owning a boat is a lot of work so don't just imagine beaches and cocktails 24/7. I love it though.

bkuehl 3y ago
I'm in the same situation! Not in the Carribean..yet, but traveling around U.S. coast in a trawler with my husband. Never would have been possible without Starlink. I would have had to wait for retirement that probably would never have come. Agreed that owning a boat is a lot of work! I need to remind friends it's not all relaxing with cocktails!
bicx 3y ago
I’ve been working remotely in wilderness areas of the U.S. in my RV, and it’s been great. I wouldn’t have attempted this without Starlink.
- EstesPark 3y ago
  Have been thinking about moving to a more remote location in Colorado as the mountain town I’m currently in is pricing me out. How reliable is the service?
  - c420 3y ago
    I've had it for two years, pretty much 100% uptime unless it's updating or there's a storm.
15457345234 3y ago
> Sometimes the networks here go down all day. Which country, or countries, specifically, has or have all-day mobile network outages on a regular basis, in your experience?
- gaadd33 3y ago
  It's probably not the entire country, more likely it's the area or the tower he's able to reach. But it would be interesting to know if it's like remote towers on an unpopulated Bahamian island or more major areas.
- ratg13 3y ago
  Not mobile outages, but generally the network gets saturated to the point of being practically unusable. You can see this effect in basically any island country that does not have access to an undersea cable.

by Difwif 3y ago

bkuehl 3y ago

I'm in the same situation! Not in the Carribean..yet, but traveling around U.S. coast in a trawler with my husband. Never would have been possible without Starlink. I would have had to wait for retirement that probably would never have come. Agreed that owning a boat is a lot of work! I need to remind friends it's not all relaxing with cocktails!

bicx 3y ago

I’ve been working remotely in wilderness areas of the U.S. in my RV, and it’s been great. I wouldn’t have attempted this without Starlink.

EstesPark 3y ago
Have been thinking about moving to a more remote location in Colorado as the mountain town I’m currently in is pricing me out. How reliable is the service?
- c420 3y ago
  I've had it for two years, pretty much 100% uptime unless it's updating or there's a storm.

15457345234 3y ago

> Sometimes the networks here go down all day. Which country, or countries, specifically, has or have all-day mobile network outages on a regular basis, in your experience?

gaadd33 3y ago
It's probably not the entire country, more likely it's the area or the tower he's able to reach. But it would be interesting to know if it's like remote towers on an unpopulated Bahamian island or more major areas.
ratg13 3y ago
Not mobile outages, but generally the network gets saturated to the point of being practically unusable. You can see this effect in basically any island country that does not have access to an undersea cable.