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Uber Geek
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#3072486 4-May-2023 22:10

itey:

my mother lives just outside of Auckland in a lifestyle block currently on 4g via spark and peak speeds are abysmal. Previously on vodafone and changed as much the same. Have 2x antenna's and good coverage. Seriously considering starlink with the reduced hardware cost. How reliable and non-tech-person proof is starlink now? does it drop in/out at all? could it be reliably used for work teleconferencing?

Thank you

I had an almost verbatim scenario. Purchased it for my mum and going gangbusters.

andypen

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Master Geek
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#3072565 5-May-2023 07:13

tim0001:
@zenourn

Me too. Wonder how many other GZ members are part of the 23.

You win on the speeds, my fastest was only 341Mbps

I'm also part of the club. My max was only 324 but I'm not complaining. Beats the 8-10 I got on ADSL when it wasn't raining.

zl4plm

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Geek
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#3074180 9-May-2023 11:37

pushed the button on this offer .... whats the currently delivery time on kit??

zl4plm

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Geek
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#3074288 9-May-2023 16:43

answered my own question!!!

ordered Sunday night ... despatched Tuesday!

zl4plm

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Geek
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#3074571 10-May-2023 14:46

ohh if you order - you can mostly ignore the bizarre DHL information the warehouse sends you - mostly meaningless

Ordered Sunday - on my desk Weds lunch (AKL-CHC metro)

its geolocked to my home but it did see the satellites from my office balcony :)

I'll test tonight when home!

zl4plm

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Geek
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#3076477 15-May-2023 20:41

just a follow up ... loving it .. speed here in rural canterbury mostly around 200mb/s + 20-25 up ... sometimes 290mb/s down and 30 up ... ping times usually pretty good to NZ telco centers 30-40ms

overall I am stoked ...

done some work on the home LAN bought a new router and tagged it in to home TPLINK Omada MESH WiFI

its like a whole new internet out there LOL

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Wara

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Geek
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#3076542 15-May-2023 22:46

Things may be changing. My speeds were 150-250mb/s (max 325) until a software update 3 days ago. My residential plan is now described as the standard plan. Download is around 90mb/s.

The latest specs published by Starlink refer to service plans described as standard, priority, mobile, mobile priority. Standard has expected download speeds of 25-100 mb/s. Priority 40-220. Mobile 5-50. Mobile priority 40-220.

In view of Starlink's recent abandonment of the 1TB residential cap and GB overage fee that was to have been implemented in the US to reduce residential congestion and the stories about some businesses choosing the residential plan for the same speeds, we may now be looking at hard speed caps.

Is anyone else dropping below 100mb/s?

Zander

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Master Geek
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#3076551 16-May-2023 00:45

Wara:

Is anyone else dropping below 100mb/s?

Everything fine for me, in Bay of Islands. My account shows 'Standard' too, as probably most/everyone now. My Starlink has firmware 8cd5bb78-2b4d-46d4-95e0-a4cda85b39e0.uterm.release - which seems to be the most recent shown here - https://starlinktrack.com/firmware/

Suggest you give more details about how you tested your speed, and your location. Did you use the Advanced Speed Test in the App? Seems the most reliable way.

Testing via 2.4Ghz Wifi (rather than 5Ghz) or a flaky Ethernet-dongle connection (100Mbps rather than 1Gbps) could give a seeming maximum 100Mbps - less than actually available.

Its possible if you're in a high-demand area you may be seeing some contention and even lower prioritised traffic.

zl4plm

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Geek
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#3076558 16-May-2023 08:10

no drops here and I am on the standard plan too already

speeds this morning 260 Up /28 down 28ms

its been pretty consistent speeds too ... even better now I have installed a TP-Link AX20 router and bypassed the SL router and have it on my home MESH network

I streamed 1080 HD from my Yolobox to my YT channel on sunday for 2 hours without a drop ... no way I could have done that on 4G lol

Wara

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Geek
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#3076649 16-May-2023 09:28

I use Starlink in bypass mode with a Fritzbox. Speed tests are over ethernet. Speeds normal for a month then a sudden drop. I may need to factory reset the Skylink router to see if the dongle is a problem. Location rural near Katikati.

Wara

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Geek
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#3076672 16-May-2023 10:29

Back to normal. My TP-Link switch needed to be powered off/on. Something internal was holding it to 100mb/s despite all the relevant test ports displaying the green 1gb LED.

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zl4plm

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#3076729 16-May-2023 10:44

Wara:

Back to normal. My TP-Link switch needed to be powered off/on. Something internal was holding it to 100mb/s despite all the relevant test ports displaying the green 1gb LED.

Phew!

you had me worried !!!!!

Wara

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Geek
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#3076746 16-May-2023 11:05

Hard speed caps in the future for Standard are still a possibility. The 3 Priority plans (1TB, 2TB, 6TB) state that once the priority data is used, then unlimited standard data will be supplied. If Standard speeds remain high then who would pay $425 - $2,507 per month for the Priority plans unless a public IP is necessary? Maybe Starlink's intention is to boost Priority plan speeds toward 1GB with the new v2 satellites and leave Standard as is.

cAPTAIN_k

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Geek
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#3076752 16-May-2023 11:33

Wara:
who would pay $425 - $2,507 per month for the Priority plans?

That would be worth it for people that are located in a congested cell and want the best possible service (eg. businesses or people working from home and really need it)

tim0001

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Ultimate Geek
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#3076777 16-May-2023 13:27

It would be interesting to know how well the more heavily loaded cells in NZ are performing. Is there anyone in a wait listed cell that can share some peak time speed test results?

The lack of competition that Starlink has in some areas in a concern, and it will be interesting to see what happens to prices when Project Kuiper become available in a couple of years...

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