Couldn't agree more - thankfully the NBI naysayers are very quiet these days as they have been proven 100% wrong.
I would be surprised if the number of Irish Starlink customers wasn't in the hundreds ... maybe low thousands.
Plus who in Irish cities uses Starlink. I would have thought it is almost all widely dispersed rural users
Only about a dozen US cities have a population of greater than one million inhabitants.
Only one (New York City) has a population greater than Ireland.
Ireland is tiny though, some of American cities have larger population than Ireland and 10 times density.
I think its more down to population density and ours is twice that of the USA.
It is in USA though, amount of population in there hardly comparable to Ireland.
We are at 53' N latitude, good few satellites servicing USA and Canada passing us.
I don’t think anyone other than that one poster sees Starlink as anything other than something to bridge the gap before NBI comes. In any case 1TB of daytime usage isn’t going to worry many people
Didn't see this coming...
Oh wait not I did. Starlink has capacity limits its not a panacea it has a great solution to specific problem of remote Internet usage. It's most definitely is not and never was a solution to fibre to the home. We can recall many nonsense talkers using it as a hammer to beat the NBP with.
I assume Starlink, as a registered service provider here, pay tax on their subscription income to the revenue too?
I know I am still contributing to NBI in my taxes but if I switched to fibre I would be contributing a bit more.
Chomp!
*the sound of a nose being bitten off to spite one's face*
The government didn't provide fibre to anyone. OpenEir/Siro/Other_ISP have denied you that.
NBI is the government offering you fibre because the commercial providers didn't.
Plus, you're already paying for NBI to the tune of 3 billion, so technically you'll still be paying for NBI and Starlink even if you stick with Starlink
Actually if NBI brought fibre to my area I wouldn't switch and would stick with Starlink out of bitterness. It would be more expensive to stick with Starlink but I wouldn't want to give the money to any of the broadband providers.Some of it would filter back to the government who have denied me fibre for years and I don't want them to get that money.
The guy behind Starlink.sx has written a post on modelling Starlink capacity here:
The post in and of itself is a treasure-trove of information about Starlink works, where the limitations lie, and why the ISL won't solve some of the fundamental issues.
As was mentioned by The Cush, Starlink satellites are flying overhead every minute or so ... you can see them simulated here https://starlink.sx/
I doubt take-up in the UK will affect us, as we have two ground stations of our own in Ireland. You can see them in the link I pasted above.
Starlink could create more gateways to alleviate the strain I would say
Agree. As months/years go by more and more are closer to NBI / Fibre. 85 euro a month is still 25 quid higher than imagine plus my guess is only a tiny portion of people even know what starlink is in Ireland.
The issue is more uptake in the uk and if that would impact us.
Starlink isn't stationary, there are over 3,000 starlink satellites moving around in low earth orbit.
I know the price has dropped but its still just too high for a lot of people, its still associated with being a satellite system and the user has to set it up for themselves. All things that help keep the numbers taking it up down.
How many more people will take it up at this stage though? As NBI rolls out, people will be cancelling. It’s a race between NBI and any Starlink slowdown
agree with you on space though. I’m in a very dark area and the night sky here can be spectacular when there’s no moon. Last time I spent time looking up at it I was struck by the amount of movement. Starlink I guess is stationary, but there were plenty of other satellites tracking across the sky in parallel paths.
Thanks @eirlink. Just the info I was looking for.
It's one hundred percent going to happen here once more people sign up and infrastructure doesn't scale up along with it.
The where scale of the amount of satellites and hardware required to build and maintain this infrastructure is almost beyond comprehension.
Personally I don't believe the concept of these constellations is good for the environment or feasibly practical unless it is targeted only at low income countries with poor infrastructure.
This many man made objects in space is not a good thing from any perspective and particularly when you see that a number of competitors to starlink are emerging.
check your geo code on the starlink website and if your cell is open they will accept your order. Once payment is received in full your order will ship from west coast USA through germany via FedEx and DHL, to shannon and onwards to you in under 10 days. (typically). Once ordered you can obviously track it online
also, no nasty surprises re duty etc as Sl are Irish registered office in Dublin and all costs are covered.
Hi all,
Thinking of getting Starlink in my new house. If anybody has recently installed it, what's the current wait time on an order? I know the Beta was slow enough at fulfilling orders. Has it ramped up any?
Thanks,
alanmc
few points to note on this.
Can I Transfer my Starlink Service Ownership?
To transfer service ownership, please provide support with the email and intended service address of the person you are looking to transfer service to. The new owner will need to know your account number in order to proceed so please be sure to provide this information to them.
Please do not update any of the current contact information in your account before submitting your request, or while the request is being reviewed. Starlink is not responsible for anything related to the selling of the dish and cannot guarantee all transfer requests can be accommodated.
Transferring Services.
You may have the option to transfer your Services to another responsible party if (a) the account is paid-in-full and in good standing; and (b) the Service address is the same or the requested Service address has network availability. Service transfers are subject to Starlink approval. Please visit https://support.starlink.com/ to learn more about transferring your Services.
Does anyone have any experience buying second hand starlink kit? Any advice, dos or donts?
Same here:
p.s. I don't use the Starlink WiFi, hence no result for it.
running sweet here
cheers @ItHurtsWhenIP I do (or did) play a small bit online, but not fussed about it, I did notice that my VPN to work was having issues and voice calls on occasion were iffy, thats when I opened the app and saw the amount of dropouts. It had me a little concerned but its not bad to be fair.
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