how starlink works (highly technical)

2oldman wrote:
Phased-array antennas are amazing.

I'm camped near someone who has it, loves it. He did caution me that the view of the sky must be unobstructed, and even trees beside your rig can be an issue.

I'm ordering the RV version this week. No waiting for delivery right now. I'll be dumping Directv (getting too hard to aim the dish and I rarely watch it), and cutting my cell phone data plan WAY back.

Thanks Elon. I love new technology.

Yeah, you may need to dial back your expectations, a lot.

See HERE

Starlink also lost the FCC RDOF grant citing that "Starlink tech has capacity limits, may not deliver required speed"

Already a lot of rumbling on other forums about Starlinks service degrading due to oversubscribing..

RV service is also "deprioritized"..

"They really need to stop selling RV service. If you pay (140$?) for service generally you expect the service to be pretty good. In some places it is. But they keep selling it in cells beyond max capacity and the service is degrading quickly. And even though it is deprioritized, it clearly is negatively impacting regular home users as well. "

Starlink knows they are in deep trouble and can't dig their way out of it, so now they are offering a "new" service tier in oversold areas called "Best Effort".. Basically any new customers will pay the same price but will also be "deprioritized" during high congestion..

See HERE

"The company is allowing some pre-order customers to receive Starlink even though their cell area is at capacity. The catch? Expect downgraded internet speeds."

Not to mention Starlink is now rolling out soft data caps for France, hit your cap and get depriortized speeds.. Fair chance that will end up being rolled out everywhere.

From what I have been reading, if you need technical help, you will get much faster response by posting on Reddit instead of contacting Starlink..

No free lunches in the world..