Starlink - Anyone get it yet?

Thx... starlink and sky glass have both arrived... I'll be setting up on the weekend. Hopefully all will work seamlessly!!!

I have had Sky Q for years (and years) and had zero issues with it since I moved to Starlink last year, but I'm contemplating a move to sky glass as the Sky dish is near its end of days. Let us know how the new setup goes.

SkyQ and Starlink work great for me where I have a "main" Sky Q box and two mini boxes (multiscreen). My Starlink router is with the rest of the hardware (dish etc.) out in my garage and it connects then via an ethernet cable to a tp-link switch in the house and the Sky Q box is connected via ethernet directly to this too.

I then have a Deco Mesh system around the house where each multiscreen mini box is connected via an ethernet cable to an M5 mesh access point (I have turned off wireless access in the Sky boxes so that there is only one WIFI network in the house). The whole system is self contained allocating local IP addresses from the Deco to allow the Sky boxes to communicate with each other.

AFAIK Sky will work without the internet, but since installation of Starlink 15 months ago, I don't think it has ever had to because the only time time Starlink goes down is around 3am when router / dish firmware upgrades get installed and it all reboots automatically. Before I installed Starlink I ran it all off a Three 4G router in the same configuration.

The reason I'm considering Sky Stream is because the system "just works" and my existing Sky dish is nearing EOL.

On my own mesh I can check each deco unit to see if it's connecting via 2.4GHz or 5GHz. If it's at 2.4 it's a sign (to me anyway) that it's not getting a strong signal. I have then moved the mesh units slightly, let them settle for a few hours and then check again. If you are getting intermittent buffering, to me it's a sign of the signal strength of the mesh not being strong enough or periodic interference from another device?

Well... I'm no techie, but this was absolutely child's play.

Starlink was up and running in about 10 minutes.

Getting 170mb down and 28mb up. North West rural mayo.

Couldn't believe how simple it was.

Now... that being said, it's not in its permanent home as I need to physically install it in a better location and drill a hole in the wall to feed the cable in to the house And do some cable management etc. It's really awesomely cool when you switch it on and it searches for the best satellite signal... the "dish" rotates and pivots automatically - quite quickly.. like something from a terminator movie. LOL

Got the sky glass unpacked and put it on its stand. Turned it on, connected it to my new WiFi signal, confirmed the last 4 digits of my phone number and started watching TV.... it was THAT simple. I was shocked it didn't ask for an email address or account number etc... really really slick. It really is a great invention ... no sky boxes/ mini boxes blah blah. Just a power cord running from the TV to the socket. :-) very tidy.

65 inch sky glass TV- Image quality is perfect, no noticeable lag while watching TV. If I was being absolutely cynical channel up / down is marginally slower than a standard sky box, but honestly it isn't an issue.

Need to get a proper wall mount for the TV though.

Happy days! Feel free to PM if any questions.

Muppet man

Starlink isn't like Imagine or Mobile … if you have a clear view of the sky from where your dish would be placed, it will just work. There are many Ex-Imagine people using it very happily.

Get the Starlink app on your smartphone, get as close as you can with the device, to where the dish will be placed and use the "Check for obstructions" feature. This should tell you what you need to know.

My dish is on a flat roof, so I lay down on the flat roof with the phone in front of my face and scanned the sky with the app.

Apologies if these questions have been asked already. I'm thinking of getting the starlink system. I have 3 with a signal booster, it was great to start with, however the signal has became unreliable. As low as 1mbps.Fibre not an option til at least 2026. I'm based in Mayo.

I have the deco M4 mesh system.in the house aswell.

What are the pros and cons to the system?.
What is the best system to get, refurbished, standard actuator or the standard?
What is the difference betwee these systems?
Do I need any add ons. Ie Ethernet adapter?

Is it one year contract or is it flexible?

Any information is welcome. Thanks

Thanks ao much for your reply.

I'd imagine I would have to mount it on a pole to get over the roof to get the best signal. Does the weather the affect the signal?

I already checked it is pretty good. I have a mast on house for my phone coverage so I was thinking if I got the pole adapter to raise it over the roof slighty it shoul be perfect.

I would hope the pole adapter would work with this setup

Do you need the Ethernet adapter with gen 3?

It will. I have pretty much the exact same set up as your picture.

The pole adapter connects to the pole and the dish clicks into the pole adapter.

@popeye mchuge Does the weather the affect the signal?

Nearly 20 years ago I had an old fashioned geo-synch satellite service. A heavy mist was all it took to slow things down and a heavy rain shower would drop the connection. I had a lot of disconnections those days.

With Starlink, as the satellites are much, much closer to the ground, the only weather effect I noticed about 2 years ago was signal loss after a particularly intense hail shower, but that didn't last long as the dish heats up to melt any "snow" that would block the signal.

Does anyone who rents the equipment know what the procedure is for returning it once you cancel? Got fiber installed yesterday so cancelling.

I'm cancelling now so I'll see soon enough.