Thread: Starlink Mini Kit

Maybe I am missing something, being a retard on the tech front.
For the last 9 years plus I have been running off Vodafone rural at 99 bucks a month with heaps for my needs . I could take the modem with me on a road trip as it is not tied to my physical address.
Tell me why I need to by from little Hitler

Originally Posted by Pengy

Maybe I am missing something, being a retard on the tech front.
For the last 9 years plus I have been running off Vodafone rural at 99 bucks a month with heaps for my needs . I could take the modem with me on a road trip as it is not tied to my physical address.
Tell me why I need to by from little Hitler

Good luck getting internet on your vodafone modem in the back of fiordland or other such places

Originally Posted by Pengy

Maybe I am missing something, being a retard on the tech front.
For the last 9 years plus I have been running off Vodafone rural at 99 bucks a month with heaps for my needs . I could take the modem with me on a road trip as it is not tied to my physical address.
Tell me why I need to by from little Hitler

You don't need to - especially if you're happy with your current provider but 4G mobile internet is like a garden hose trying to blow a water cannon away compared to Starlink. Starlink is in my experience comparable to urban ultrafast fiber and I've had no issues at all with speeds - maybe the odd bit of latency when jumping between satellites but what surprises me is no issues at all with dropping out in thunderstorms or really crappy weather that kills off other satellite comms. In comparison 4G mobile data is crap. Unreliable, shite speeds and drops out regularly in my area.

Originally Posted by No.3

You don't need to - especially if you're happy with your current provider but 4G mobile internet is like a garden hose trying to blow a water cannon away compared to Starlink. Starlink is in my experience comparable to urban ultrafast fiber and I've had no issues at all with speeds - maybe the odd bit of latency when jumping between satellites but what surprises me is no issues at all with dropping out in thunderstorms or really crappy weather that kills off other satellite comms. In comparison 4G mobile data is crap. Unreliable, shite speeds and drops out regularly in my area.

And if your cell phone supports "wifi calling" then as long as your phone is connected to starlink wifi and wifi calling enable, then you can have crystal clear phone calls even if your cell service signal is pooze.

Originally Posted by Pengy

Maybe I am missing something, being a retard on the tech front.
For the last 9 years plus I have been running off Vodafone rural at 99 bucks a month with heaps for my needs . I could take the modem with me on a road trip as it is not tied to my physical address.
Tell me why I need to by from little Hitler

We use Wireless Nation 4G who are a reseller of VF, we can get signal in places where our cellphones don't, however it isn't as good in the real remote as Starlink but I'm also not paying money to support Tesla which in my book is a win win.

I wish there was an alternative to Starlink but there isn't so I'll avoid it as long as possible.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

We use Wireless Nation 4G who are a reseller of VF, we can get signal in places where our cellphones don't, however it isn't as good in the real remote as Starlink but I'm also not paying money to support Tesla which in my book is a win win.

I wish there was an alternative to Starlink but there isn't so I'll avoid it as long as possible.

Wireless nation were running off Spark towers here, we had to shift to them from Spark as Spark had the area on 'Stop/Sell' meaning that they had already allocated all of the theoretical data so would not alter our plan to give us more data. So we went to WN, same modem, same towers, same everything and saved $20 a month to get the next plan up.

Worked great for a couple of years until Chorus repositioned the transmitters to service town better (we are 6Km out of the urban boundary) and now we had to go to Starlink as no other options!!!