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#2961289 30-Aug-2022 20:01

Yank1w1:
Seems like it might be global issues. Starlink app has message stating degraded service and that they are investigating. Twitter has many posts about outages.

Remember Ukraine is using Starlink for their military coordination and they began a major counter-offensive early today to re-take Kherson.

The Russians don't like Starlink.

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#2961290 30-Aug-2022 20:01

Yeah it’s pretty bad here in the Waikato
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#2961318 30-Aug-2022 21:12

Yes, it was terrible during peak evening time but seems to have settled down now.

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#2961337 30-Aug-2022 22:29

That explains the amount of alerts I received tonight from several of my monitored sites.

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#2969973 19-Sep-2022 09:32

I’m helping a neighbour with their Starlink install and was wondering what the best bargeboard mount would be. The Starlink “Short Wall Mount” (see picture below) doesn’t look that robust to me (there would be only 2 screws holding it into 30mm pine). Was thinking that a strut lying on the roof would beef things up, but we would need to make sure that the dish couldn’t hit the strut when stowed. (U bolt around SL mast, then strut attached to roof)

(For my own install I used a roof mount that is strong , but our neighbour would prefer to minimise the number of holes in their roof.)

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#2970092 19-Sep-2022 13:07

Depending on the roofing material/ profile the standard sky dish roof mount (like your model) uses the existing roofing screws to hold the mount on the roof. No new holes are required.

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#2970243 19-Sep-2022 16:40

Yeah, some of the existing holes could be "re-purposed". And I do like the standard sky dish roof mount, but as this is not my house I'd prefer not to interfere with the roof for a couple of reasons:

-the house is often empty for weeks, so any slow leaks might not be noticed for a while

-I'm not sure if there are any building regulations or insurance implications

-I'm not an expert at this...

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#2970400 20-Sep-2022 10:12

The "short wall mount" should be fine as long as the lag bolts are going into a decent stud behind the barge board.

If it's an iron roof, then satellite mount and adaptor is best option. Done correctly, there should be no leaks. Getting the cable run is the tricky part.

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#2971500 22-Sep-2022 10:14

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#2977555 5-Oct-2022 01:24

Thought this was interesting.

This flyer turned up in our mailbox today, from Starlink.

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#2977562 5-Oct-2022 06:42

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#2977566 5-Oct-2022 07:09

jarledb:

Thought this was interesting.

This flyer turned up in our mailbox today, from Starlink.

I received the same a few days ago and saw one on a nearby street yesterday.

Seems odd they'd be promoting this service in parts of suburban Auckland with gigabit fibre access at around half the price. Those who need it will surely seek it out and be willing to pay for it. Unless they're going to compete with fibre in a meaningful way (cost and features), this just seems like a waste of money.

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#2977578 5-Oct-2022 08:20

jarledb:
Thought this was interesting.

This flyer turned up in our mailbox today, from Starlink.

I got the same. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to put the dishy on the roof of my apartment and dangerously swing the cables inside my apartment. Something about health and safety and the owner of the apartment block might get a little upset with the holes I’d have to make to secure it.

(In all seriousness having more options is great but I live in Christchurch where enable fibre is everywhere)

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#2977608 5-Oct-2022 10:01

SirHumphreyAppleby:

I received the same a few days ago and saw one on a nearby street yesterday.

Seems odd they'd be promoting this service in parts of suburban Auckland with gigabit fibre access at around half the price. Those who need it will surely seek it out and be willing to pay for it. Unless they're going to compete with fibre in a meaningful way (cost and features), this just seems like a waste of money.

People in Auckland own batches in the whopwhops with no internet.

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#2977626 5-Oct-2022 10:32

what's the advantage of Starlink vs Spark Giga internet + Spark Mobile?

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