Starlink ordered… I feel it’s the only sensible option now..

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This is my Starlink using a different wifi router ( peplink ). Bonded flat onto my roof.
 
Gromett said:
In case anyone is curious. New 5G routers are around £500 if you can't get included in a contract. Three/EE don't give them out unless you are definitely well within a service area.
So if you want one or want one without a contract this option is pretty good. £179 for an as new reconditioned unit. Still has 1 year warranty etc.
Get the cheaper of the two if you want an external antenna. The more expensive one has a faster spec but not antenna ports from what I can make out.

If you are near an area where three/smarty are providing service, or travel to one. This is worth a go. Works on 4G as well when 5G not available.
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I bought a 5g Samsung a22 for £140 and hotspot with my smarty sim for the rare times I find myself in a 5g area
 
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Hi Brian, take a look on this site its a big subject but that explains what a mobile peplink router is and does. Another resource is but you will need to spin through it before you lose the will to live. There are some other vids there. I hope that helps. C

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That is the Starlink speed test measured via the app as it says on the tin. Not sure how you would measure a total theoretical wifi speed.
 
I am not using the Starlink router. As you can see, the network part is greyed out. This video may help.

To be honest, once you get past 200 odd, the speed becomes irrelevant for me; it's more about the latency and the upload. That's why I use a different router.

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Carpmart said:
How many concurrent users?

Edit: or devices?
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200 devices for the Starlink router.

The best thing is to buy the Starlink ethernet dongle which has an RJ45 port and add the router with guest access etc.
Or you could do some of the modifications in some of the posts above, not use the Starlink router at all, and add your own router that does what you want. That's what I'm doing .... or at least starting to modify things!
Cheers
 
I have been watching this thread with interest .
I am extremely tempted but at the moment 2 things put me off .
Firstly , if I don’t have the starlink mounted to the roof , we wouldn’t have any internet connection when we are travelling . Then when we arrive at our destination I would need to make sure I parked to allow line of site from starlink to satellite.
Also the power consumption seems a bit heavy .
I still love the idea of the product , just not quite sold on it yet .
 
If your on site with Electricity then power consumption is not worth looking at but wild camping or off electricity then yes it would.
Hundreds of satellites the system has and you can always do site research before you get there and see whats the best pitch clear north so no hardship.

Worth every penny at 260Mbps down.
 
Realist said:
If your on site with Electricity then power consumption is not worth looking at but wild camping or off electricity then yes it would.
Hundreds of satellites the system has and you can always do site research before you get there and see whats the best pitch clear north so no hardship.

Worth every penny at 260Mbps down.
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We are not using EHU anymore so that’s the problem . Will be increasing lithium bank to 300ah soon but it’s still a lot of power consumption.
I’ve noticed you can rent the unit so I might consider doing that and seeing how we get on . I would keep existing netgear M1 router and external 4g booster for use when mobile .
 
Swifter said:
We are not using EHU anymore so that’s the problem . Will be increasing lithium bank to 300ah soon but it’s still a lot of power consumption.
I’ve noticed you can rent the unit so I might consider doing that and seeing how we get on . I would keep existing netgear M1 router and external 4g booster for use when mobile .
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I have my Maxview 5G system as a fall back and yes rent may be an option.

Best of luck and wishes to all.
 
Carpmart said:
Now that the Camino (Tiekom) service has had its day and the continued roaming data challenges, as well as crappy data service in the UK, I’ve had enough of pratting around as I just want always on, full service broadband wherever I am.

So, the solution (I hope) is a Starlink Roam order was placed today. £460 for the hardware, £95 per month for the service. I know some may consider this expensive but I will no longer need a data tariff SIM in the UK for the Netgear, nor will I need the Tiekom data SIM for between 5 and 8 months per year and I can knock back the Popit SIMs to 10Gig each, so the difference is not that great really.

I’ve worked out a spot on the roof where I will be fitting a small frame to mount the dish whilst parked up. It will be a couple of mins job to climb ladder and four wing nuts to secure, connect the cable and job is done!

The cable will be permanently installed through the roof into my existing media cupboard and at present I will power from my main inverter, but I may switch to a small 250w Victron pure sine wave inverter just for this in the future, so I don’t have to leave the main inverter on all the time.

Starlink quote around one KWh of power consumption per day. The peak power consumption is 75w and average consumption seems to be in the 35w range (230v power ratings). Many North American RV users are suggesting that the power consumption is way better than Starlink suggest and better than they expected.

A new feature from Starlink should help with power use as you can set ‘night periods’ where the system shuts down during set hours to reduce power consumption. I’ve ordered and will fit another 200w solar panel to augment the existing solar. I actually needed a larger Amperage Victron MPPT and some bigger cable to the batteries as well, so not the cheapest exercise… 🤦‍♂️

I’ve purchased a compact almost purpose designed electrical box to store the 75ft cable in on the roof when travelling. This will enable me to move the dish from the roof to the ground should I have obstacles obstructing the dish, but very easily without too much faff.

Will try and document a ‘how I did it’ incase it is of interest and or use to others and will of course let everyone know how good (I hope) this is…..

🤞 the expectation and promise from Starlink matches real world performance. Watch this space! 🤪
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My next door neighbour has it on his house.
We live in the countryside with no service from bt or their partners in crime openreach.
My neighbour says it works very well.

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Carpmart said:
Now that the Camino (Tiekom) service has had its day and the continued roaming data challenges, as well as crappy data service in the UK, I’ve had enough of pratting around as I just want always on, full service broadband wherever I am.

So, the solution (I hope) is a Starlink Roam order was placed today. £460 for the hardware, £95 per month for the service. I know some may consider this expensive but I will no longer need a data tariff SIM in the UK for the Netgear, nor will I need the Tiekom data SIM for between 5 and 8 months per year and I can knock back the Popit SIMs to 10Gig each, so the difference is not that great really.

I’ve worked out a spot on the roof where I will be fitting a small frame to mount the dish whilst parked up. It will be a couple of mins job to climb ladder and four wing nuts to secure, connect the cable and job is done!

The cable will be permanently installed through the roof into my existing media cupboard and at present I will power from my main inverter, but I may switch to a small 250w Victron pure sine wave inverter just for this in the future, so I don’t have to leave the main inverter on all the time.

Starlink quote around one KWh of power consumption per day. The peak power consumption is 75w and average consumption seems to be in the 35w range (230v power ratings). Many North American RV users are suggesting that the power consumption is way better than Starlink suggest and better than they expected.

A new feature from Starlink should help with power use as you can set ‘night periods’ where the system shuts down during set hours to reduce power consumption. I’ve ordered and will fit another 200w solar panel to augment the existing solar. I actually needed a larger Amperage Victron MPPT and some bigger cable to the batteries as well, so not the cheapest exercise… 🤦‍♂️

I’ve purchased a compact almost purpose designed electrical box to store the 75ft cable in on the roof when travelling. This will enable me to move the dish from the roof to the ground should I have obstacles obstructing the dish, but very easily without too much faff.

Will try and document a ‘how I did it’ incase it is of interest and or use to others and will of course let everyone know how good (I hope) this is…..

🤞 the expectation and promise from Starlink matches real world performance. Watch this space! 🤪
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I've had my starlink up for a week now and it's working brilliantly. Hardly notice the difference from our 500mb fibre to be honest.

I've been uploading videos onto Insta, TikTok and LinkediN without any serious wait and running my business online without any issues at all.
 
Carpmart said:
There is no pricing in Europe for this. If you search with a North American address, you will see the prices in USD for the flat mount high performance dish.

After consideration, it uses almost double the power of the standard dish. Hence why I’ve decided to go for the standard dish with minimal setup to start with.

My mid term plan is to flat mount the standard dish… phase two and very much after I’ve proven it works as I am hoping!
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In France I paid 450 euros for the hardware and in France the monthly charge was dropped to 50 euros a month. Starlink site said 3 weeks delivery but it arrived in 2 days from Germany free postage.
I live it it has changed my life here in remote France. But I may now need to buy a complete other unit to go traveling with my RV. There is still talk about these charges. I find Redit a good source for assistance and news there is a dedicated Starlink group. I set up myself just stood Dishy outside and plugged in router.
 
Can’t seem to get any response from Starlink as to when the RV roaming kit might be made available in theUK? Anyone know anything?
 
Carpmart said:
Now that the Camino (Tiekom) service has had its day and the continued roaming data challenges, as well as crappy data service in the UK, I’ve had enough of pratting around as I just want always on, full service broadband wherever I am.

So, the solution (I hope) is a Starlink Roam order was placed today. £460 for the hardware, £95 per month for the service. I know some may consider this expensive but I will no longer need a data tariff SIM in the UK for the Netgear, nor will I need the Tiekom data SIM for between 5 and 8 months per year and I can knock back the Popit SIMs to 10Gig each, so the difference is not that great really.

I’ve worked out a spot on the roof where I will be fitting a small frame to mount the dish whilst parked up. It will be a couple of mins job to climb ladder and four wing nuts to secure, connect the cable and job is done!

The cable will be permanently installed through the roof into my existing media cupboard and at present I will power from my main inverter, but I may switch to a small 250w Victron pure sine wave inverter just for this in the future, so I don’t have to leave the main inverter on all the time.

Starlink quote around one KWh of power consumption per day. The peak power consumption is 75w and average consumption seems to be in the 35w range (230v power ratings). Many North American RV users are suggesting that the power consumption is way better than Starlink suggest and better than they expected.

A new feature from Starlink should help with power use as you can set ‘night periods’ where the system shuts down during set hours to reduce power consumption. I’ve ordered and will fit another 200w solar panel to augment the existing solar. I actually needed a larger Amperage Victron MPPT and some bigger cable to the batteries as well, so not the cheapest exercise… 🤦‍♂️

I’ve purchased a compact almost purpose designed electrical box to store the 75ft cable in on the roof when travelling. This will enable me to move the dish from the roof to the ground should I have obstacles obstructing the dish, but very easily without too much faff.

Will try and document a ‘how I did it’ incase it is of interest and or use to others and will of course let everyone know how good (I hope) this is…..

🤞 the expectation and promise from Starlink matches real world performance. Watch this space! 🤪
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Keep us updated and will watch with interest. Currently rotating 4 X Popit 100GB (two mobiles and router) in Europe at £100 per month until we get back then then either have to cancel or hibernate at £1 per sim per month.

Gave up with Tiekom as ordered a SIM over 6 weeks before we left for Europe and it/they never arrived even with several chase ups. All friendly chats, but apparently stuck in customs. I appreciate they were willing to send a new SIM to a campground/address in Europe, but as we had no set plan and just went where they road took us (as well as avoiding paid campsites) that didn’t help either.
 
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