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#320274 25-Jul-2025 07:47
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Looks like Starlink is down world wide. Reports on Reddit from multiple countries, and NZ down detector over 1000 reports in the last 15 minutes


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  #3396933 25-Jul-2025 07:52
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Yup there’s a banner on their website. 





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  #3396934 25-Jul-2025 07:59
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First client call came in about this a few mins ago, shortly after I saw your post.  Thanks for letting us know.  :)





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  #3396938 25-Jul-2025 08:08
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Looks like their website has gone down now too!

 

Or it’s getting hammered. 🤪





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  #3396941 25-Jul-2025 08:13
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Yep, fielded a number of calls in the past half hour, not much we can do :(

 

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  #3396942 25-Jul-2025 08:13
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My failovers are working well 😁





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  #3396946 25-Jul-2025 08:29
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Read a couple of comments that Starlink power usage went up after the outage. Checked my unit and I see it has gone into heating mode. I assume this is a fallback mode in case it's snow stopping the signal.


 
 
 

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  #3396952 25-Jul-2025 08:47
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But a lot of Facebook people says Starlink is better than fibre...





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  #3396959 25-Jul-2025 09:19
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freitasm:

 

But a lot of Facebook people says Starlink is better than fibre...

 

 

Horses for courses, of course.





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  #3396964 25-Jul-2025 09:32
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And it's back...





 


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  #3396972 25-Jul-2025 09:38
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Tockly:

 

And it's back...

 

 

Yep mine just  came back .





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  #3396974 25-Jul-2025 09:41
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Dynamic:

 

freitasm:

 

But a lot of Facebook people says Starlink is better than fibre...

 

 

Horses for courses, of course.

 

 

Yes, I understand. I'm being sarcastic, as most of the people on some Facebook groups seem to always recommend Starlink over any other alternative, saying that's even better than fibre.





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  #3396976 25-Jul-2025 09:44
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Back up and running now


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  #3396977 25-Jul-2025 10:02
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freitasm:

 

Yes, I understand. I'm being sarcastic, as most of the people on some Facebook groups seem to always recommend Starlink over any other alternative, saying that's even better than fibre.

 

 

Facebook group people don't know what they are talking about

 

Now if its the Aussie NBN I would agree, starlink is better :)





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  #3396978 25-Jul-2025 10:05
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nztim:

 

Now if its the Aussie NBN I would agree, starlink is better :)

 

 

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  #3396979 25-Jul-2025 10:10
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nztim:

 

freitasm:

 

Yes, I understand. I'm being sarcastic, as most of the people on some Facebook groups seem to always recommend Starlink over any other alternative, saying that's even better than fibre.

 

 

Facebook group people don't know what they are talking about

 

Now if its the Aussie NBN I would agree, starlink is better :)

 

 

You say this as if I would believe whatever comes out of a Facebook group.





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