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With Starlink, this question is getting less important. Loads of my family in N. Georgia have started using it and it's crazy how much better it is than the loc

With Starlink, this question is getting less important. Loads of my family in N. Georgia have started using it and it's crazy how much better it is than the local competition

op00to 2y ago
Starlink still sucks for remote work. Every time the satellites switch there is a slight disconnection, causing interruption to Zoom meetings.
- bongodongobob 2y ago
  Our company uses it for entire construction job sites, it's perfectly fine.
- caymanjim 2y ago
  I've been using Starlink while RVing around all of North America for four months every summer. This is my third summer doing so. Historically, I've bashed on it a fair bit, because it's not the panacea people think it is for on-the-go Internet. It's gotten way better, though. The main problem with using it on the go is that campgrounds have trees and Starlink hates trees. If you're in one place, that problem doesn't exist, so long as you have a clear northern sky view. The disconnection thing is a non-issue. I use it for video meetings every day at work. It never disconnects for more than a second or two, and I almost never notice it. Connections always recover on their own and almost instantly.
- rpdillon 2y ago
  I've got a couple people on my team in remote parts of Canada and Chile and they both use Starlink to work remotely with my teams every day (zoom, slack, github, etc.). It's been great for the past year or so. Haven't seen any issues with our Zoom meetings. I wonder if it's geographically variable. How often do satellites switches happen?
- xeromal 2y ago
  I'm sure but for people who haven't had any better, it's like the second coming of Christ. lol
  - freedomben 2y ago
    Yes, it one of the best thing that has happened in many, many years, excluding the birth of kids. It made living where we live viable in an age of remote meetings.
- freedomben 2y ago
  I've been on Starlink since it was first commercially available (I got lucky) so I've seen a lot of changes over the years, and this did used to happen pretty regularly, but it has improved quite a bit. I don't know if Starlink fixed it or if Zoom did, but it's much better. Google Meet has handled these hiccups like a champ for a while and has gotten so good it seems like magic.

With Starlink, this question is getting less important. Loads of my family in N. Georgia have started using it and it's crazy how much better it is than the local competition

op00to 2y ago

Starlink still sucks for remote work. Every time the satellites switch there is a slight disconnection, causing interruption to Zoom meetings.

bongodongobob 2y ago
Our company uses it for entire construction job sites, it's perfectly fine.
caymanjim 2y ago
I've been using Starlink while RVing around all of North America for four months every summer. This is my third summer doing so. Historically, I've bashed on it a fair bit, because it's not the panacea people think it is for on-the-go Internet. It's gotten way better, though. The main problem with using it on the go is that campgrounds have trees and Starlink hates trees. If you're in one place, that problem doesn't exist, so long as you have a clear northern sky view. The disconnection thing is a non-issue. I use it for video meetings every day at work. It never disconnects for more than a second or two, and I almost never notice it. Connections always recover on their own and almost instantly.
rpdillon 2y ago
I've got a couple people on my team in remote parts of Canada and Chile and they both use Starlink to work remotely with my teams every day (zoom, slack, github, etc.). It's been great for the past year or so. Haven't seen any issues with our Zoom meetings. I wonder if it's geographically variable. How often do satellites switches happen?
xeromal 2y ago
I'm sure but for people who haven't had any better, it's like the second coming of Christ. lol
- freedomben 2y ago
  Yes, it one of the best thing that has happened in many, many years, excluding the birth of kids. It made living where we live viable in an age of remote meetings.
freedomben 2y ago
I've been on Starlink since it was first commercially available (I got lucky) so I've seen a lot of changes over the years, and this did used to happen pretty regularly, but it has improved quite a bit. I don't know if Starlink fixed it or if Zoom did, but it's much better. Google Meet has handled these hiccups like a champ for a while and has gotten so good it seems like magic.