Starlink - Anyone get it yet?

Would people recommend going for a new dish instead of the refub option?

It will probably be 2027 before Fibre gets to me - so I would like the dish to hold up until then.

I see they offer the same warranty on a refurb as a new dish - so that eases the mind a little.

The 200+ price difference is huge considering I'm probably going to have to pay someone to install it.

What part of the country are you in?

I know someone who just but it on a patio table in the middle of his garden and tied it down to the table with clothes line. It never moved since and thats about 2 years ago..

Neighbors is on a flat roof and just bolted to a large paving stone.

Mine is on a flat roof with two 9 inch solid blocks lying across the "feet" of mount. Hasn't budged in two years.

So finally getting around to installing this. Have bought a house but it's only closing this week, the sellers have been kind enough to start letting me get set up a bit early, but I didn't want to go drilling holes in the walls until I legally owned the place lol.

I found a good south-facing spot for it on a corner wall, luckily with an entry point already there for a sky-dish/christmas lights. It'll need to be bored a bit thicker but handy enough. The aul' fella is more than qualified to install it but I need to get him the right bracket/poles/adapters etc.. Since he's not overly familiar with SL - Could anyone point me in the direction of where to get a bracket/joints/poles etc if I need about a foot horizontal clearance out from the wall and a pole for about 2-3 foot vertical clearance?

Another thing I'm mainly puzzled about is actually marrying the dish to a pole, do I need a specialized adapter or clamp?

Thanks!

I had to clear about 1 foot out from wall and also about 2-3 foot vertically. Here is what I bought from freetv.ie:

• H Galvanised Wall Bracket x1. I cant remember if I got 18' or 24', but I think it was 24
• Black Twin Mini Shotgun Cable Clips (100s)
• Galvanised Aerial Mast (180cm x 32mm) x1
• M8 x 80mm Screw, Plug & Washer (1s) x6
• Shelley 8 Nut Pole Clamp x1
• U Bolt (37mm) x2

The shelly clamp is what fixes the dish to the pole. Mine's been up since August and had no issues in Orange warning wind in exposed enough location on South Coast. The install aint the prettiest but I needed the clearance, so couldn't be avoid. I can take a pic tomorrow if you want. I'll be moving to a new build in August, so hoping for much smaller/neater install.

It's a great price here. 120 dollars a month in the US.. you would wonder what the pricing strategy is

Neighbors has pointed slightly north since it was installed - 100% coverage no obstacles. Strange as its down in Waterford.

Edit> Just drove past the dishy I was referring to and last week it was pointing north as it has been for over a year(?) and for the first time ever its moved and is pointing south. Must check with them if its working just the same.

I have it since May '23 - typically get 200Mbps+ on download and around 15Mbps on upload, so no issues with consistency.

I've been using it for just on 2 years now. As the other poster mentioned, it's generally over 200+Mbps down, 10-15Mbps up and very consistent at that. Sure, there are occasional drops to between 100-200Mbps, but I've never even noticed these. I only pick them up when I randomly run a speed test.

Starlink is certainly nothing like you would get from a Mobile broadband solution or Imagine, which struggle badly at peak times.

You have to buy the kit (new or refurbished) from Starlink themselves, or it may be possible to pick up a second-hand unit on Adverts.ie. If you're handy, you could self install and I mean by handy "can you drill a hole in your wall?". That was all I had to do.

I placed Dishy on the free-standing mount it came with onto a flat roof, put two 9 inch blocks on it's legs to stop it moving and ran the cable into my office through the hole in the wall.

If you're not comfortable with the installing, any satellite/TV type installer would do the job for you.

Technically I think you need 50 degrees east west from vertical and somewhat less north south around dishy. What I do is stand near dishy and hold my arms up out at about 45 degrees and if I can't seen any obstruction in the direction of my arms when I turn around then I think its probably going to be fine. Obviously the software app tells the full story.

Yet another starling software update which I spotted yesterday and let install automatically overnight (e63cf724-6cdf-4b64-a6d0-e4a8a83bc757) no idea what these do, but speeds are still very good via my Deco mesh.

Tech question. Does anyone know if you can remotely pause/switch off the router/signal or is it a case of contacting them directly? Have an issue with a tenant(I'm the account holder though).

TIA