The impending 3G network shutdown

[Arron25]

11 hours ago, tcsmith said:

One of my friends just told me that he has signed up for Starlink.

 

New zealand refused Fibre networks nationally , and are using Starlink.

 

He told me that he travels with his offroad Caravan and 4WD Rig to a lot of remote areas and always has Comms and TV and NAV.

 

Pricing he gave me looks reasonable.

 

Has anyone else gone this way?

 

Cheers

 

Terry

You can switch back and forth between the Starlink roaming plan and fixed .. Roaming when out in the Van.. Back to Fixed when at Home...

When roaming.. WiFi calling has phone coverage nearly everywhere..

[T510]

13 hours ago, tcsmith said:

One of my friends just told me that he has signed up for Starlink.

 

New zealand refused Fibre networks nationally , and are using Starlink.

 

He told me that he travels with his offroad Caravan and 4WD Rig to a lot of remote areas and always has Comms and TV and NAV.

 

Pricing he gave me looks reasonable.

 

Has anyone else gone this way?

 

Cheers

 

Terry

I have been on Starlink for a couple of years now.

 

Not the cheapest option but the only usable option in my area.

 

Downloads in the 200s and uploads in the teens are the norm, my wife and I can both be in video calls with 2 kids playing online games and it doesn't miss a beat.

 

Had a couple of dropouts but it is uncommon

[T510]

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Edited Saturday at 12:04 AM by T510

[T510]

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Edited Saturday at 12:03 AM by T510

[kgwilson]

NZ had a fibre optic network and it was all FTTP (fibre to the premises) before the NBN even started here. Gigabit speeds are common. My brother has 350 megabits to his house & that is normal. Even though NZ is small there are remote areas where it is not economically viable to deliver internet access via fibre & that is where satellite/starlink access comes in.

 

Australia has one of the slowest fibre optic networks, (NBN) in the developed world. The problem with Telstras original plan of access via satellite to remote areas was that it did not have anywhere near enough bandwidth so when more than a few people were using it, speeds were like going back to a dial up modem & due to the distance to the high orbit satellites there was far too much latency. Even though Musk is an absolute A**hole his Starlink system with a huge network of low orbit satellites overcomes this but at a high cost. There are about 7000 of them in low earth orbit. They are small at about 3 metres long by 1.5 metres wide & 200mm thick. When their orbits eventually degrade and they come down they will burn up entirely so won't hit the ground.

Edited Saturday at 02:15 AM by kgwilson

[facthunter]

T A bot said to Turnbull "Your job is to DESTROY the NBN and they did. We now pay for that  with a $#!t NBN and the criminals are not called to account.  Nev