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Master Geek

#2977634 5-Oct-2022 10:56

Batman:

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

thanks

Starlink vs Fibre - always fibre unless there are major infrastructure issues. with current technology in NZ you really can't beet fibre for latency and cost.

evilengineer

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Ultimate Geek

#2977676 5-Oct-2022 12:01

andypen:

Batman:

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

thanks

Starlink vs Fibre - always fibre unless there are major infrastructure issues. with current technology in NZ you really can't beet fibre for latency and cost.

The Starlink advantage is quite large if the fibre craps out about 1.5km shy of your gate. 😔

pih

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#2977677 5-Oct-2022 12:05

evilengineer:
The Starlink advantage is quite large if the fibre craps out about 1.5km shy of your gate. 😔

Ay, even 300 metres! The options for me were to pay essentially $1000/m(etre) or $159/m(onth). Easy choice when you put it like that.

sidney

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Master Geek

#2977786 5-Oct-2022 15:17

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Seems odd they'd be promoting this service in parts of suburban Auckland with gigabit fibre access at around half the price.

It might be way easier to reach people scattered around the country without Internet access by advertising to their family and friends in the city who can let them know how they can finally get decent Internet, as well as reach people in the city who have baches. Obviously that ad is not meant for people who want to get Internet in the city.

Geektastic

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#2977820 5-Oct-2022 17:03

evilengineer:

The Starlink advantage is quite large if the fibre craps out about 1.5km shy of your gate. 😔

Or in my case probably tens of kilometres from your gate!

nztim

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#2978364 6-Oct-2022 17:44

Got this in the mail

Starlink should focus more on rural, urban folk with fibre access have no need

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cAPTAIN_k

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#2978378 6-Oct-2022 18:18

nztim: Starlink should focus more on rural, urban folk with fibre access have no need

Have a bit more of a think about it…

Starlink offer RV service, lots of those folk still live in the main centres - so the RV Starlink service is perfect for them.

Also, loads of people in urban areas own beach houses around NZ - so the standard Starlink service is perfect for them, if they can afford it.

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wally22

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#2979198 8-Oct-2022 19:07

Hi, I just cleared my rural mailbox and discovered said flyer. Seems it may be a NZ wide push to fill up all of the slots. Maybe Elon needs a few more billion for his twitter purchase.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Starlink connection as it is the only viable option for me.

quickymart

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#2989649 30-Oct-2022 12:48

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/elon-musks-nz-push-the-number-of-local-starlink-customers-will-surprise-you/SV5TAT66POS2TVWFSCQJUOYVNQ/ (paywalled)
Takes a look at the number of people in NZ that have signed up for Starlink.

tristanp

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#2989837 31-Oct-2022 08:17

story is behind a pay wall, would have been nice to know the numbers , I've only ever seen one other dish in Otago

zenourn

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#2989838 31-Oct-2022 08:33

All they say is "The Herald understands some 10,000 have already signed up."

CrazyM

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#2992897 7-Nov-2022 11:21

How are everyones speeds holding up? I keep seeing articles about Starlink speeds dropping as the network gets more congested.

Mines been rock solid, right now it is 245Mbps down, 26Mbps up (via Speedtest) and no noticable change from when I got it other than much improved latency. Speeds have always been in the 180-280Mbps down, 12-30Mbps up ranges.

DareDevilNZ

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Wannabe Geek

#2992904 7-Nov-2022 11:33

Just tested mine: 181 down, 12 up. I'm also on a Teams call at the same time - dunno if this affects test results. This is faster than I used to get; I haven't tested speed for months though.

Oblivian

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#2992923 7-Nov-2022 11:51

Geo laser units have been enabled now too

https://wccftech.com/starlink-turns-on-laser-satellites-for-region-with-fourth-month-long-night/

pih

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#2992930 7-Nov-2022 11:57

Thought speeds had dropped to about 10-15Mbps based on throughout graphs on Friday night while the family was watching something on Disney+ that kept buffering. Did a speed test and it hit 120Mbps iirc, tested a few other things and confirmed that it was just Disney 🤣

I rarely see over about 150 down at the moment, but usually over 100.

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