Starlink Internet - 6 Months Later...Do We Like It?

Good, responsible, unbiased opinion. Thank you Ed. I know of another con that I haven't heard ANYONE list. Shared IP numbers. This where the ISP, Starlink in this case, share the same IP number up between several (many?) users. If a user wanted to log into their home network from outside, IE Wide Area Network or WAN, for the purposes of checking their security camera or pulling a file from a home PC, with Starlink they cannot do that. There are cloud=based solutions but that's another story and will cost more. Also for gamers, (you don't strike me as a gamer Ed :-) a shared IP is not the best for some games or a Playstation PS4 or PS5. Not sure why but my son tells me so. The other issue with Starlink is the cost of its mesh WiFi extenders. it's too late for you Ed but anyone else considering extending their WiFi around a big home or on multiple floors, etc they should purchase the Starlink Ethernet adapter then bypass the Starlink router (it's in the app) then connect your own good quality router that may all by itself supply sufficient signal for your house BUT with your own router you can use cheaper extenders as and where needed and don't cost a whole lot of dollars either. With your own router you can also fiddle with lots of switches that can make your signal even better, dodge channel clashes for one and far easier to hook up cameras into the barn, henhouse, front gate, or whatever. So that's what I will be doing. To get a static IP you could pay for a dirt cheap service that has a static IP option and bond it to your Starlink service inside a dual WAN router. That way you get a static IP and the benefits of it for not much more money. Just a thought. Thaks for your video Mr Nyberg. Appreciate the honesty; a rare thing these days, especially on the internet.

Thank you. I appreciated your clear and practical review of Starlink

Ordered starlink today. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Thank you, Nybergs for your Feedback. I live in a rural area in Europe without high speed internet. I ordered my Starlink system today and I am looking forward to be able to work from home properly. Greetings from Europe!

Thanks for the great explanation and review of Starlink. We are just waiting for our area to be within coverage. Good to know it’s a reliable option.

It was a life saver for me. The best internet I could get locally was 30mbs for $100 a month. I was lucky to get 2 mb of it most of the time. This was such a game changer for me. If my wife was ever streaming something it would cripple whatever I was doing (gaming). Now I never even notice if she's streaming.

I really want to try starlink soon, many thanks for the insight.

Even as an Ohio State Buckeye I really appreciate your review, as I am in the middle of trenching and setting up. Thank You.

Thank you!!!

Thank you for the review. When nothing else is available & we're paying over $400 a month for Direct TV & ViaSat, this is a no brainer for us. It'll pay for itself in less than 3 months. I purchased 2 days ago when it finally became available for us. Just hope it works because we do have around 3 to 5% obstruction. We bought the pole too to get it a little higher.

Nice review 👍🏼

Thank you for this honest review. I am in a remote area as well in Central Wisconsin. What I was most concerned was the reliability of the network. Because I work in IT is will still have to have DSL as back up but you answered my worries of uptime and outage resolution times. As the person in the pinned comment stated the shared IP might be worrisome for security camera access but I can do without. In addition for other nerds you can purchase the Ethernet adapter and bypass the Starlink router to use your own device and utilize a cheaper mesh option if you choose. The “bypass router” is available in the app so no additional networking knowledge is needed to execute this optional setup.

Excellent review. Wish I had known about it before I purchased Brand "X"

Go Blue! Your speed is excellent given other post

I’m also satisfied with the product. I live in a Danish community. I thought maybe you were from my area at first.

I'd love to see a video of your hometheater set-up

Glad to hear it works so well, I'm a couple counties directly south of you and in need of decent internet! Cellular hotspot isn't cutting it anymore.

Nice. Had my wife watch this.... she's the Wiffy expert for us. Ha. All sounds good, we're still 5-7 years away from moving further north. Yes that "Team from the North" is strong this year... ugh. Buckeye by birth here, born and raised in N.E. Ohio, Michigan resident for combined 27 years.... still loyal to the Buckeyes.... lol. Hopefully Michigan will represent the Big 10 well and put a whoooopppping on the SEC. Thanks for the vid and your time.

Love my Starlink! Go BUCKS!

Awesome Job! The Mesh network capability is definitely a pro! Can you hard-wire connect into the mesh receivers?