250Gb is far too low these days. A single game download averages 60Gb and say two patches per month at 6-10Gb.
Add in 4k streaming and other downloads/usage.
Starlink is on a limited lifespan here in Ireland with FTTH rollout, but it would be great if the price reduced without the cap implementation during that time.
Damn it, was always gonna happen, 250GB is to low in a family household, in my house with 2 teenagers we hit around 700GB with Imagine and sometimes even it 1TB
Starlink is experimenting with lower monthly charges (€50 vs €100) and data cap (up 250 GB/month prioritised, €10/100GB for additional priority) in France.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-imposing-high-speed-data-caps-in-france-but-monthly-cost-will
The had a relatively small investment to make (ground stations and ISP license) for potentially decent returns up the time NBI is rolled out.
Also, Ireland just happened to be in roughly the right latitude for connectivity:
Starlink is available to customers who live between 45 and 53 degrees latitude
makes you wonder why he bothered with Ireland. I suppose it was a low risk test environment
The price plus the fact that NBI have already connected alot of homes in prime blackspots already and I was in the middle of an absolute broadband black spot yesterday in the bogs of East Kerry, all fibred up, when I got home I found an Eircode for a landmark house and found that this house is ready to connect to NBI Fibre, this would be prime Starlink territory alot of the surrounding area done with EIR FTTH the last 3 years also.
I can never see congestion being a problem due to price, small population and the fact that the satellites over Ireland are only feeding Irish customers, you are not competing with lads in Idaho or Nova Scotia for bandwidth like a typical geo-syncronous Vsat product.
Have a starlink dish for sale. First generation. Anyone interested send me a mail
Ultimately you'll want to be on NBI(I'm assuming), so the question is whether Starlink will be congested between now and then. There's two facets to this:
So I expect Starlink would be a relatively safe bet until you get connected to NBI. More info here:
I really don't think that Starlink will become as oversubscribed in Ireland as something like Imagine, purely and simply because of the price.
If it wasn't for the fact that my previous FWA provider shut down their service a few weeks ago, I would still be paying €70pm for 10 down, 5 up from them (which was always very reliable). I then "enhanced" this with a Three PAYG €20pm unlimited SIM in a Huawei B525, which I bonded in my pfSense firewall to give me around 30 down, 20 up during most of the working day, until the children came home from school. From 3:30pm every school day I was only getting my FWA speeds. (EDIT:- The children I refer to are all of my neighbours children. There are quite a few.)
So the outlay of €99pm isn't a huge increase for me, but the equipment cost of €500, plus €60 shipping (as it was when I got it) will put most people off. For my business, I run a lot of online training sessions these last two years, so I must have good, stable broadband to do this. I cannot rely on 4G, as it is simply too variable and 5G is non-existent here in the hills of Tipperary. So I have to use Starlink as it is the only solution for my business until NBI gets their sh1t together in 2027 (I don't believe their 2025-2026 shyte).
I was talking to a neighbour who was looking for options before the FWA provider shut down. They were on the home package which was €35pm for 5 down, 1 up. He's a farmer, reasonably well off with a young family. I told him how much Starlink cost ... "Jesus! not a chance." and I think most people around here would be of the same mind. They'll go with a 4G connection, which will be immediately oversubscribed and go to absolute shlt after 3:30pm on school days.
My only concern with Starlink is ... will Putie Pie target it and DDOS it or shut it down in some other way. 😱
I love the optimism. How many times the dates were pushed with this project? I just cannot see it happening anytime close to what they say they will achieve. I would love to be proved wrong.
I just dont count on NBI at all. If it happens and when it happens I will take it but as well it could not exist at all, that is how little faith I have in it. I live 20km from Dublin and before Imagine I could barely get mobile internet... and nobody cared or could be arsed.
I am indeed with forecasted connection in 2027 so I will get lucky if they would connect me by 2035....
Why are you asking?
It’s a stopgap for most until NBI comes along. I think it’s more likely that Starlink won’t have any Irish customers by 2027
Are you in the NBI Intervention Area?
Looks like Imagine LTE has sorted a problem on their network (until next one) and I my connection is back, touch wood, to being stable again.
What I am wondering about is how congested Starlink will eventually get in Ireland. I know it is all good now but I wonder how long the honeymoon will last. It would be shame to pay almost twice the Imagine price and end up in the same situation I am in ATM.
I guess only time will tell.
Consistently around the 300 mark for me. And 40-50 upload. Haven’t had any noticeable interruption since I got it
I am getting very tempted...
No limits so far that I've noticed anyways. Speeds always pretty consistent in terms of being between 150-250Mb. Upload ~30Mb.
I did some basic reading and confirmed that ATM it is fully and truly unlimited data.
Is the download truly unlimited or is there some throttling involved or any other form of limitations imposed?
275 for me for this installation (including the pole and the fixings and also the drilling)
What prices are people in Ireland quoted to have these mounted, hole drilled through to the attic , I am getting 100 euro to 350 Euro ; big discrepancy in price, no idea if smoke off a Chimney would affect the signal
Yeah. I'm happy enough with it. There can be times with some very short outages, like 5-20 seconds. I haven't noticed any in a while, though they do show up in the app. I think that because I don't have full visibility on the northern sky, that may be the reason.
I wrote that last sentence and then checked my visibility and it's the best I've ever seen it. 🙄
I generally get 200-250 down and 20-40 up.
I did some reading after posting my questions and with the rectangular dish, it is yes to all my 3 questions.
Bridge mode works (when enabled it disables wifi) and there is 1gbe ethernet add-on for it.
What kind of speed are you getting and are you happy with the service?
Few quick technical questions:
Many thanks!
U.S. approves SpaceX's Starlink internet for use with ships, boats, planes
Reuters
Hopefully it's allowed here but if anyone wants a terminal, round dish with ethernet, in south Galway let me know. I have fibre now so don't need it anymore.
I would say all those performance issues won't be an issue here as such.
All starlink fleet moving around the world , we are at same latitude as Canada and served by different satellites to USA . We probably have less starlink clients than Canada too , so contention won't be such a big deal .
Let me know when they do please
Is it easy to transfer Starlink ownership?
Just do change of address. Then change account email and card?
I know price has gone up for the initial outlay, couldn't see in the site without paying a deposit what the lead time is in Ireland. I know parts of US have had issues and many are complaining of saturation and reduced performance lately. Haven't noticed it here but I haven't tested it as much.
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