Starlink Internet

Sparky007

I've been looking at some rural broadband options for my property in Scotland and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on Starlink in the UK.

Read up on some details about it on the Comparebroadbandpackages.co.uk website and seems pretty reasonably priced and has decent speeds.

Mobile broadband is too slow in the area and ADSL is non-existent

Thanks for any input in advance

la531983

The people in the UK who I know have it (also live in rural areas)  absolutely rave about it. 

J_B

Sparky007 said:

 and seems pretty reasonably priced and has decent speeds.

Quite expensive and very good speeds.

You can look on https://thefarmingforum.co.uk but I think you need to join to read the comments ...

fan-of-ezio

750m up a mountain in Spain, no fibre, intermittent 4g....Starlink is fabulous. We have the restricted package, and still we can stream 3 live sporting events half way down the garden. 

pjkent

I have a £95/month old style dish and have had download speeds of >300Mbit/s in Devon, >200Mbit/s in north Wales, and similar speeds in Derbyshire and Essex. Upload speeds less, usually around 70Mbit/s.

Factor in the cost of the hardware (rental plans available I think), and if your want a permanent installation then someone to mount it somewhere with a clear view of the sky - roof, pole on the side of the house, etc. and running the cable to somewhere inside. And maybe some kit to spread WiFi around the house (my old version had very poor WiFi). There are companies which will sell you the all you need in one go, you don't necessarily have to buy direct from Starlink.

Speeds will come down as more people sign up for the service over time but you won't see any issues for the foreseeable future. And Starlink are launching more satellites weekly. 

If you want a bit of addional fun, there are websites that will show you the live position of all the Starlink satellites... Quite fascinating (and a little scary!). 

fionaandphil

Installed this year, not particularly rural but no fibre and copper wire was awful with frequent drop outs and max speed of 10MB. BT/Plusnet not willing/able to do anything.

We got gen 2 dish, about 500 for dish and installation with local supplier. We also use Vonage phone as we have nearly no mobile in the area. We also got a home hub to move the signal round the house.

I have to say we love it and wish we had transferred earlier instead of putting up with rubbish internet. Apparently there may be problems if there is a solar storm but all good so far. 

We did look at YouTube videos from the Tech Geeks to understand how it works beforehand. This was what convinced us to get the home hub. There are also user forums on FB with lots of info.

Good luck with it!

visi

I'd like to know how wide an area of uninterrupted sky you need for Starlink to work well.  

d123

There is a new tariff available, £35 a month with a max speed of 100Mbps.

QrizB

d123 said:

There is a new tariff available, £35 a month with a max speed of 100Mbps.

Indeed; it's the subject of a live thread, which makes me wonder how @visi found this old one to bump!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6650751/starlink-uk-introduce-35-month-100mbps-satellite-broadband-plan/p1