They must be losing Irish customers hand over fist at this point. Our monthly rates have held quite low and they're throwing out offers now like referrals.
The NBP is kicking in hard.
they're now offering the equipment for free for residential customers signing upto a 12 month contract.
I'm back on Starlink now … My Digiweb connection dropped around 3:00pm today, with Power light on the Fritzbox flashing. All 3 lights on the ONT were on, but the data light not really flashing. Got through to support fairly quickly and did the usual troubleshooting with them (remove and re-insert the cable from the ONT, reboot the Fritzbox). Then he said it looks like a network issue, so he was passing it to them, as it was probably storm related.
I waited until 8:00pm and nothing had changed, so I powered up Dishy and activated the Residential Lite plan for €35 (up to 200Mbps) … 2 minutes later, everything came up and my speedtest … 😁
Do you have to have an active subscription for someone to use your referrel?
The person giving the referral has to have one, the referral is for new customers, have mine for a few days now and the speeds are unreal, no buffering like I had with Vodafone 20meg, now I've 300 plus all the time.
Here's another referral link if anyone wants it
Here's one free month of Starlink service! Starlink high-speed internet is great for streaming, video calls, and gaming in even the most remote locations on Earth. https://www.starlink.com/residential?referral=RC-DF-6579889-13980-71&app_source=share
This an ad...
No.
I replied to a question and offered a referral.
That's what forums are for.
Just your blurb about gaming and video calls and your signature. Its all very.... markety..
Read my post back again I never mentioned gaming or video calls, you are mistaken.
I've been a member since 2008, had my issues with both eircom and Vodafone, thrilled with starlink and delighted to share help if anyone needs it, so I'm afraid your wrong. You must be referring to the referral link, thats part of the starlink link not me.
Have a nice evening :)
Amazon's Project Kuiper selects Ireland for early roll-out in direct challenge to Starlink
Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined representatives of Amazon's Project Kuiper at the NSC in Elfordstown near Midleton in recent days to mark the regulatory approval of a satellite earth station there.The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has granted permission for operations within the 18 GHz and 28 GHz frequency bands, enabling the delivery of Project Kuiper's satellite broadband services to Ireland.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined representatives of Amazon's Project Kuiper at the NSC in Elfordstown near Midleton in recent days to mark the regulatory approval of a satellite earth station there.
The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has granted permission for operations within the 18 GHz and 28 GHz frequency bands, enabling the delivery of Project Kuiper's satellite broadband services to Ireland.
Green light for Amazon's Project Kuiper at National Space Centre Cork
According to Amazon, Ireland will be one of the first countries in Europe to utilise Project Kuiper’s general service.Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD was today (6 October) joined by members of Amazon’s Project Kuiper and the National Space Centre (NSC) to mark the regulatory approval of a satellite Earth station that will allow Project Kuiper to operate a gateway at the Elfordstown facility in Midleton, Cork.Project Kuiper is a satellite communications network that aims to bring fast, reliable internet connectivity to communities worldwide. The Cork-based gateway is one of hundreds being installed globally. The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) will allow operations within the 18GHz and 28GHz frequency bands, enabling the delivery of Project Kuiper’s satellite broadband services to Ireland.Later this year the project will be available to select Government and business customers as part of a commercial beta, with plans for a wider roll-out next year as the network improves coverage and capacity. Ireland will be among the first countries in Europe to receive general service.
According to Amazon, Ireland will be one of the first countries in Europe to utilise Project Kuiper’s general service.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD was today (6 October) joined by members of Amazon’s Project Kuiper and the National Space Centre (NSC) to mark the regulatory approval of a satellite Earth station that will allow Project Kuiper to operate a gateway at the Elfordstown facility in Midleton, Cork.
Project Kuiper is a satellite communications network that aims to bring fast, reliable internet connectivity to communities worldwide. The Cork-based gateway is one of hundreds being installed globally. The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) will allow operations within the 18GHz and 28GHz frequency bands, enabling the delivery of Project Kuiper’s satellite broadband services to Ireland.
Later this year the project will be available to select Government and business customers as part of a commercial beta, with plans for a wider roll-out next year as the network improves coverage and capacity. Ireland will be among the first countries in Europe to receive general service.
A bit late with the NBI rollout nearing completion. You'd wonder what kind of takeup theyll have.
What market are they targeting, residential, wholesale, enterprise?
Any alternative providers of satellite broadband? Was with imagine and they cut our radio link, moved everyone to 5G but we don't have any signal here! NBI developing in the area but still a few weeks/months away from rollout so can barely make calls and struggling to work from home on hotspot with just barely 1 bar signal at only one point on the house!
This is very anti Musk household so would rather avoid Starlink! Had to refuse a Tesla from work a few months back as I'd have been divorced if I arrived home in one :D
Then why not sign up to a totally inferior service that costs a lot more?
I believe the router Imagine supply in this case is a 5G Huawei H165-383-CBFD.
If so this should have 2 MIMO external antenna ports at the rear. An external MIMO antenna, like the Iskra P60. This will increase performance in difficult reception areas.
My brother has used this antenna with his Huawei B818 4G router for more than 3 years now (GoMo SIM), pointing at a mast 8.5 kms distant. Fibre arrived here about 2 months ago but he's sticking with his 4G router for now.
The antenna is expensive but works well in difficult signal areas.
what sim card do Imagine supply with that router?
According to one of the lads from Donegal, over on the Imagine thread, it was an eir SIM.
What is a Deco M4 mesh system when its at home?
WiFi mesh system to help evenly distribute WiFi signal throughout your house
I got a deco M4 in with 3 units. Large enough home . The WiFi range out of each deco is about 10 metres indoors . Outside of that it drops off significantly . So in a large house you’re going to need 3.
To add to green and reds question . It allows one WiFi connection across all your home and seamlessly switches you to another deco unit as you move through the home whiskey being on the same WiFi connection. You don’t even know it’s doing it . The alternative is to have multiple WiFi connections and having to switch manually between them as you move around or repeaters which can slow the speeds down significantly as the overall speed gets slowed down as the WiFi traffic gets repeated .
I didn’t go for WiFi 6/7as there were a little too expensive for what I needed but they would have been better in range with more capabilities .
I hope I’m correct in all that
Has anyone coupled two starlink provided cables together? I purchased the extension cable and ran it through a duct outside but as result I've a limited amount of cable left inside. Don't need a huge run but would like to stick it in some trunking and tidy the router away
Wouldn't you be better off buying a longer official cable from starlink? Any issue you get from adding an extension will likely be due to the power required by dishy but you might be OK. Beware of CCA cable (Copper Clad Aluminium) only use pure copper cable for the extension.
I'd bought the longer cable to get into the house which I thought was the longest one available.. will check
In my case I had far to much cable but still put the router where the cable came into the house. Obviously near a power supply and then plugged in the ethernet adapter and ran a cable to another more central router and switch.
iirc 25m cable was one of the options for my Gen2 dish and they came with 15m.
yes, no problem, I have them if you want
ya, all correct, can also wire them together if cables available, get full speed then.
Just dont get the E4 which Currys sell, max 100Mbps
I heard about this on a podcast.
https://au.pcmag.com/networking/113929/spacex-update-your-inactive-starlink-dishes-now-or-theyll-be-bricked
I haven't received the email from Starlink, but I'm on a new version of the software, as I switch on my dish once a month, and leave on overnight so both the dish and router update themselves.
Both these applications now approved by ComReg.
Separately Amazon AWS are building their own subsea cable from Maryland to Cork it's called "Fastnet" (geddit)
Interesting, I had assumed Killala was already live, the unofficial Starlink tracker site was showing it presumed live since apple maps imagery shows the domes built. Did they go ahead and build it assuming this would go through? I haven't noticed any improvements to speed or jitter in the last few months that I was hoping for with a new ground station coming online. Also same site shows that Elfordstown Starlink site as decommissioned. Was probably only used for the beta.
Wondering if those domes are just waiting on the ground.
