FYI Starlink offering $5/mo emergency service subscription

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I have ours on the new standby mode. Works ok for text messages. Text msgs with pics take a bit longer.
Did a video test with Ookla and it said the max resolution would be 240p on a small device. Tried streaming video surveillance camera through it at 1024, that was a bust.

 

[DennisT]

Dennis, Did you put it through the paces? It obviously works for email type usage. Did you try to watch TV. Did it work with some occasional buffering or or fall completely on it's face?

Not really, where we are now has a lot of tree cover so the loss of connection was frequent.

At our current location it would have failed streaming I’m sure.

When we get back to our spot in FL in a month and a half I’ll give it a test there in standby mode since we have open sky.

 

[Neal]

Has anyone cancelled and later reactivated Starlink recently? When the pause/standby price went up I cancelled. Now preparing for a trip I may reactivate. Are they charging a fee to reactivate? No, I haven't checked the site or app, just seeing if anyone else has done this and expectations.

 

[Jim]

Has anyone cancelled and later reactivated Starlink recently? When the pause/standby price went up I cancelled. Now preparing for a trip I may reactivate. Are they charging a fee to reactivate? No, I haven't checked the site or app, just seeing if anyone else has done this and expectations.

They charged me over $250 to reactivate a standby mode dish. The area is saturated so their idea seems to be to let the user "self regulate" for lack of a better term. They feel that if you see the high activation fee, you will probably not reactivate, and that buys them some time to get more birds in the sky.

Either that, or they're just getting greedy and they know a good many people will re-subscribe, lol. No sense in not capitalizing on that, right?

But mine are stationary, residential service. That may make a difference too.

 

[murphysranch]

I have the home service and when SL offered the free mini, I got one. I use it for when we are at a campsite. I turn it on when I leave home, and then turn it off when we get back home.

HOWEVER....the first week of July, when we returned from the Newmar International Rally, I went to turn off/standby the mini. NOPE!! They were going to charge me $550 to do just that. So I left it on and my most recent bill was $170 (residential and mini).

Son is investigating T-Mobile. They would be cheaper for 2 phones vs Verizon ($60 vs $94), and since there is a tower about 2 miles away as the crow flies, perhaps their internet service will be good.

We are awaiting their modem, and when we've got it set up and pointing in the right direction for our residential plan, we will see how T-Mobile works vs Starlink.

 

[Neal]

I signed into my Starlink account and both my Gen3 and Mini are in "standby" mode but I cancelled all units and have not been paying so it's odd to see they're in standby mode. I went to activate the Gen3 and it didn't give me any surcharges, yet, but I did see roam unlimited is 175/mo now. Starlink is my backup so I won't be activating it unless my cellular setup is inadequate which it never has been. But we'll see...I've yet to use my Gen3 since I bought it.

 

[sanda]

I only have the $55 dollar plan and only use it 5 months a year but am happy to pay $5 a month to have it ready when I want it. I consider it a bargain.

 

[rjshiflet49]

Son is investigating T-Mobile. They would be cheaper for 2 phones vs Verizon ($60 vs $94), and since there is a tower about 2 miles away as the crow flies, perhaps their internet service will be good.

We are awaiting their modem, and when we've got it set up and pointing in the right direction for our residential plan, we will see how T-Mobile works vs Starlink.

We have T-Mobile for home 5G internet, and when we travel we take our modem with us and have used it all over the country. I know they say they are supposed to be "geo-gating" and that may happen someday, but currently it has worked from far south Texas to Tulsa, OK to Knoxville, TN and all over the Southeastern United States. Rarely have we ever camped in a spot without T-Mobile coverage for watching TV, surfing the web, emails, etc.

 

[DennisT]

We have T-Mobile for home 5G internet, and when we travel we take our modem with us and have used it all over the country. I know they say they are supposed to be "geo-gating" and that may happen someday, but currently it has worked from far south Texas to Tulsa, OK to Knoxville, TN and all over the Southeastern United States. Rarely have we ever camped in a spot without T-Mobile coverage for watching TV, surfing the web, emails, etc.

Asked them about the travel once talking to customer service.

They said they don’t care - keep traveling with it.

Ours has worked great as well.