Does Starlink have downlinks in NZ?

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davidgo2

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#311723 9-Feb-2024 20:02

I need to consider shifting from a VDSL connection to something which is faster and more reliable (My VDSL connection has become unreliable and Chorus's handling of the matter is sub-par)

One of my requirements is that Domestic NZ traffic is not routed out the country and back again. Can anyone confirm for me that I don't need to worry on this front if I get a Starlink connection? (I assume it would not make a different, but today it looks like I need to get a regional roaming connection rather then a residential one according to the Starlink site?

msukiwi

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#3193028 9-Feb-2024 20:22

See: https://satellitemap.space/

Map of Starlink Satellites AND Earth Stations.

skewt

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#3193031 9-Feb-2024 20:34

Yep they do, when I tested Starlink recently it was giving me a local address

I think they have to have a base station with in a certain distance to offer the service but in the future this may change once more of the satellites have the lasers

boosacnoodle

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#3193094 10-Feb-2024 07:21

It's all local.

Chrisclarke

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#3193110 10-Feb-2024 09:32

There are currently siix Starlink ground stations set up in New Zealand - three in the North Island (Puwera, Te Hana and Clevedon) and three in the South (Hinds, Cromwell and Awarua). They are pretty easy to locate on google maps - Hinds for example on Chisnall Road close to the junction with Isleworth Road. You can see a small compound with nine domes. From memory, a nine antenna station has a throughput of 80 - 90 Gbps.

This guy has done some good analysis of how it all knits together.

https://mikepuchol.com/modeling-starlink-capacity-843b2387f501

Gurezaemon

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#3193141 10-Feb-2024 10:52

Here's the Puwera station, just on the outskirts of Whangarei

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