Starlink UK Introduce £35 Month 100Mbps Satellite Broadband Plan

flaneurs_lobster

Report on the ISPreview website.

Makes this a far more attractive offering where conventional broadband connections are problematic or even as an everyday solution?

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/01/starlink-uk-introduce-cheap-35-100mbps-leo-satellite-broadband-plan.html

I had no idea that Starlink had 9,500 satellites whizzing about up there.

Troytempest

Thanks for posting..... this looks very compelling.

Ectophile

The downside is that you're giving money to Elon Musk.

Eldi_Dos

One of main the reasons Fibre Optic cables round the globe took over from satellite technology was they cut out the time lag you used to get. In the days satellite's where used for phone links there was a distinct lag in conversations as you had to make sure the person on the other end had finished speaking before replying or the conversation could get garbled.It always reminded me a bit like talking on a walkie talkie.

Wonder if having so many satellite's will improve that side of things.

flaneurs_lobster

Eldi_Dos said:

One of main the reasons Fibre Optic cables round the globe took over from satellite technology was they cut out the time lag you used to get. In the days satellite's where used for phone links there was a distinct lag in conversations as you had to make sure the person on the other end had finished speaking before replying or the conversation could get garbled.It always reminded me a bit like talking on a walkie talkie.

Wonder if having so many satellite's will improve that side of things.

Yes, those early comms satellites were in geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic/Pacific - such orbits are high up because physics and the radio comms bouncing off them took an appreciable time.

Starlink and similar use smaller satellites orbiting much lower down so moving relative to earth. To make a "continuous" connection for your broadband the dish "sees" several, ever changing, satellites simultaneously, clever software and the nature of IP comms makes it look like a single connection. That's why there needs to be so many satellites.

J_B

flaneurs_lobster said:

Report on the ISPreview website.
Makes this a far more attractive offering where conventional broadband connections are problematic or even as an everyday solution?
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/01/starlink-uk-introduce-cheap-35-100mbps-leo-satellite-broadband-plan.html
I had no idea that Starlink had 9,500 satellites whizzing about up there.

I'm seriously considering this - does anyone know exactly which dish/system this is?

There seem so many options when I google.

flaneurs_lobster

J_B said:

I'm seriously considering this - does anyone know exactly which dish/system this is?

There seem so many options when I google.

You might try sticking your post code into their website as a start

https://starlink.com/gb/residential

J_B

flaneurs_lobster said:

J_B said:

I'm seriously considering this - does anyone know exactly which dish/system this is?

There seem so many options when I google.

You might try sticking your post code into their website as a start
https://starlink.com/gb/residential

Cheers

I did that and it just basically said 'buy it now' but I'm a little confused as to what I will exactly get! 🤷‍♂️

Also, our house had RJ45 points in each room - am I able to use these to carry the 'signal' to wherever I need to? e.g put the cable through the nearest window (temporarily) then cable that to the router in the middle of the house?

Also, sorry, I have a LINKSYS MX4200 (*) could I add this to my system?

(* Our current ISP is airband, a WISP service and this is what we use- dish outside, PoE switch, then cabled to the 4200)

QrizB

J_B said:

Also, our house had RJ45 points in each room - am I able to use these to carry the 'signal' to wherever I need to? e.g put the cable through the nearest window (temporarily) then cable that to the router in the middle of the house?

100baseT (or whatever version you've been wired for) is usually a star topology. Each RJ45 socket should be cabled back to a central location where it connects to a network switch that can direct data to and from the sockets.

Think of it a bit like all the individual subscriber lines connecting back to a telephone exchange.

Do you know where this switch should be in your house? Is there a switch present at that location, connected and powered on?

J_B

QrizB said:

J_B said:

Also, our house had RJ45 points in each room - am I able to use these to carry the 'signal' to wherever I need to? e.g put the cable through the nearest window (temporarily) then cable that to the router in the middle of the house?

100baseT (or whatever version you've been wired for) is usually a star topology. Each RJ45 socket should be cabled back to a central location where it connects to a network switch that can direct data to and from the sockets.

Think of it a bit like all the individual subscriber lines connecting back to a telephone exchange.

Do you know where this switch should be in your house? Is there a switch present at that location, connected and powered on?

We have an Abitana Box in the cupboard under the stairs - currently Airband system comes from their dish through the wall into a point in the loft through a PoE switch then connected to the 'box' then to the Router in the shelf there.

Does that answer your questions?

QrizB

J_B said:

Does that answer your questions?

Not exactly, but if one of those devices is a network switch that's connected to all the RJ45 points in your house then yes, you should be able to connect the Starlink device to one and have it accessible everywhere else.

Note that if you also keep the Airband service then, with two different internet services, you'll have to do some configuration to make sure ou've only got one DHCP server and so on.

Sorry if this is all granny-to-suck-eggs stuff, I honestly can't tell how familiar you are with network configuration.