Comments on: Now on Starlink! https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark Sizer https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630789 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:08:43 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630789 Congratulations! It’s much better than it was when I got it four years ago. I have a backup connection via the cable company (Blue Peak, here) because Starlink used to be more snow sensitive. Didn’t get a good test this year due to very little snow. I do notice the occasional video stutter during “after work” hours.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630711 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:57:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630711 Indeed so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoCZEOIuE8I
https://stormtrack.org/threads/starlink-demand-surcharges.33359/#post-387759

]]> By: john hare https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630651 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:18:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630651 Jeff Wright,
The world is also full of good people. Enough lowlifes to screw things up though when allowed.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630648 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:48:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630648 In reply to Elsie.

Elsie: My deal is for 100mb. And it seems to be delivering.

]]> By: Elsie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630641 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:48:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630641 I paid $100 and got on a waiting list for starlink some years back. I waited over a year and gave up. I got my deposit back. As much as I hate Comcast (or Xfinity)they do a great job for my internet. High speeds and a very rarely goes off line. What kind of speeds are you guys getting with Starlink? I get close to a gig with comcast.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630639 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:14:18 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630639 Good for you Mr. Pratt.

My poor Dad was a sucker for home repair rip offs who would wait for me to leave.

My Mom would just sit and pout rather than contradict him.

I hope they don’t go after your folks.

The world is full of evil people.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630634 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:32:15 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630634 In reply to Robert Pratt.

Robert Pratt: I got about the same deal, $39 per month for the first six, than $50 per month thereafter. No equipment charge.

Has your brother’s plan changed since he started at $125 per month? Has Starlink dropped his monthly rate?

]]> By: Robert Pratt https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630633 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:13:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630633 Doing the install at my elderly parents’ farm in a couple of weeks. Nearby, my brother who farms, was among the very early customers when certain areas were opened up for use. He had to pay about a grand for equipment and somewhere above $125 per month. Now, due to the March sale we got basic Starlink equipment free and a monthly rate of about 40 bucks for my parents. And good timing too; the old radio Internet provider they had, which cost more and was not very good, shut all its towers down on 31 March. Their old stuff cannot compete at all with Starlink and yet politicians of both state and federal government continue to vote for billion dollar programs to hand out money to these old-style systems for “rural broadband.” What an expensive farce.

]]> By: Stan Witherspoon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630632 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:54:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630632 Welcome to Starlink!
Wayne,
It doesn’t have to go on the roof. Mine is on a 4’ pole strapped to my deck railing. It just needs a view to the northern sky (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the Starlink App will help you find the spot with the least obstructions.
Initially the app uses the camera. Once the antenna is mounted, it uses the Starlink signal strength to build an obstruction map for you to fine tune your antenna location.

Stan

]]> By: Steve Golson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630631 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:48:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630631 Welcome to Starlink! from a happy customer for over five years.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630630 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:38:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630630 Mr. Z.,
Congratulations!
-I had dial-up internet (and landline) for 25 years, then switched to Frontier for fiber optic when they installed new lines 2 years ago. (1 Gig service for $49.99 / month, locked in for 3 years.)
As with Starlink– you need a smartphone to configure your modem/router, which I don’t have, but the Tech guy did it for me.
Then Verizon bought out Frontier–if you needed service for your copper lines, they started charging $300 for a service call.
I have a pre-paid flip phone from Tracfone, but then Verizon bought Tracfone. (Amazingly, Verizon charges less than Tracfone, at least for now…)

Almost pulled the trigger on Starlink a few weeks ago. They were offering their basic service for $35 a month, no contract. I just don’t ever want to have to climb on my roof in the Winter, had satellite TV for 5 years and inevitably I would need to climb up at least once, I’m too unsteady for that now.
That being said, Verizon can’t wait to raise my monthly price for fiber, so I remain open to Starlink.

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630627 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:14:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630627 Awesome.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630621 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:12:32 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630621 You have often mentioned that America’s primary space effort is SpaceX, entirely funded by voluntary contributions from The People. Your Starlink connection is doubly appropriate.

I started a business assembling knock-down household goods. Abandoned it fairly soon. There is nothing inherently wrong with the furniture, but the built-to-price materials leave little room for error, and attention must be paid during assembly, lest something break.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/now-on-starlink/#comment-1630620 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:58:51 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122996#comment-1630620 Welcome to the club!

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