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Starlink has a specific backup plan too don't they?

• killingtime74 10mo ago
  Indeed. It's very cheap ($5?) and is fast enough to do 1080p YouTube with unlimited data. It's speed capped so if you really need it it's best to upgrade the plan that month.
  • turbocon 10mo ago
    Link? Cheapest I can find is $40/month
    • CubsFan1060 10mo ago
      https://www.satelliteinternet.com/resources/starlink-standby-mode-back-up-internet/ https://www.satelliteinternet.com/resources/starlink-standby... Interesting option.
      • wrobelda 10mo ago
        You can’t use it perpetually they force you to upgrade after a while. It’s called „standby plan” for a reason.
        • mcny 10mo ago
          I for one think this is a great marketing opportunity. Even if you have the best gigabit fiber, at five dollars a month, this is a no brainer for a lot of people. If you can have monthly recurring revenue for starlink doing essentially nothing, why not? Also, it is probably easier to upsell to existing customers.
      • mcny 10mo ago
        > 0.5Mbps (500Kbps) I am cautiously optimistic that this means even if thousands of these devices suddenly "light up" in an outage, the infrastructure should be able to handle them, right? Thoughts?
  • CTDOCodebases 10mo ago
    I thought so. I saw it a while ago when I re-working my network but didn't get it because I have 2TB of data on my phone that I can connect to my router should my internet go down. It's only a 250Mbps(down)/40Mbps(up) connection but that will do for a couple of days or so.