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This is the speed of my Spectrum Cable Internet when checked just now. 230.2 Down and 11.7 Up. I think I'm staying with them for a while.
Charley
Charley
Kind of but it's using vastly different antenna technology and quite a bit different spectrum (which is nominally more subject to rain fade but they're also using a lot narrower beams and better antennas which I suspect will make up the difference and then some).Is Starlink just going to be a satellite network sorta like the Hughes Net
I think the Starlink system is a much lower orbit than the Hughes satellites. That is supposed to mitigate the latency problem; having said that I have no idea what that means but I suspect it's the upload time.Kind of but it's using vastly different antenna technology and quite a bit different spectrum (which is nominally more subject to rain fade but they're also using a lot narrower beams and better antennas which I suspect will make up the difference and then some).
How well it'll handle socked in weather is still somewhat open for me.. weirdly we haven't had any heavy cloud/rain since my co-worker got his setup. Early reports sound decent, but the level of thinderstorms y'all get out there in TN are a whole nother thing.. you'll get a years worth of our weather in 30 minutes! So I'm not sure in those cases.
Both upload and download. Basically latency is the time that it takes for each request to make it's "handshake". Not a big deal for most web stuff, but when you get into a website that is built to act like a desktop app, the app is sending multiple requests at a time and having to wait for each to make its handshake, before the responses come back, which can create quite a bottleneck. So a 50ms of latency can turn into several seconds of wait time with many requests and start to cause time-outs and other loading issues, depending on how the app is designed.I think the Starlink system is a much lower orbit than the Hughes satellites. That is supposed to mitigate the latency problem; having said that I have no idea what that means but I suspect it's the upload time.
Yes, but only up to 40 gb each, been keeping them reserved for work, if our monthly hotspot runs out, which is going to happen this month.Can your phones double as hotspots?
hmmm I may need this also since I got notified that there are delay with my order also.Yes, but only up to 40 gb each, been keeping them reserved for work, if our monthly hotspot runs out, which is going to happen this month.
I did order a nomad internet plan, but it’s for Verizon, so not sure we’ll have coverage here for it. We have 7 days to try it, and send it back otherwise, but it is supposed to be unlimited if it works.
Yeah, keep in mind that they only ship out every 30 days. If you decide to return for the full refund, you have 7 days from when you get the equipment.hmmm I may need this also since I got notified that there are delay with my order also.