I pay $120/month for 100gb of use at 16mb DL or less. I will sign up!
I pay $120/month for 100gb of use at 16mb DL or less. I will sign up!
This thread is like the 7.2 club with all the vacation cabin owners.
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Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Ahh my bad. Didn’t know this was targeted at rural. Makes much more sense now.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Every starlink article has be thinking it’s the second coming of Jesus for internet competition. Serves me right for believing the shit out there.
Originally posted by SEANBANERJEE
I have gone above and beyond what I should rightfully have to do to protect my good name
Well, for rural, it kind of is... if it works as advertised.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What ever happened to the Facebook version of starlink for rural Africa?
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It wasn’t pass the evil test for a rollout.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Originally posted by SEANBANERJEE
I have gone above and beyond what I should rightfully have to do to protect my good name
The great thing is latency is irrelevant for streaming, so all the 4K Netflix I want but screw work calls haha.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Cell boosters with LTE are pretty much replacing the majority of rig satellite uplinks in both the USA and Canada. Massive cost savings for the data providers. LTE data rates are dirt cheap if you're a commercial outfit. I'm not convinced that Starlink can compete against LTE.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If someone wants to provide me with an unlimited data plan on LTE or 5G at competitive speeds and latency as Starlink I’m all ears.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Of course, we don’t even have any cell connection at the lake so Elon has managed to beat The incumbents to even providing me any service so I wouldn’t count him out.
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Large areas have no cell connectivity as killer says. I'd take a strong 3g signal without complaints. I have previously tethers a laptop off that for work.
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I manage the IT for a small company in the Foothills. We operate an online retail business through a 25mbps LTE connection. Its good about 90% of the time but when the towers get overloaded everything crawls and we can lose sales when our sales people can't connect to the sales software.
Starlink is going to be great for us as a secondary connection or load share between the two connections.
For Canada we won't see Beta for at least 4 months. Starlink has a BITS license which lets them APPLY for a spectrum license. no application has been filed yet. Its stupidly complicated and could easy get hung up by Telus/ Shaw throwing wrenches where they can.
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gs...g/sf10750.html
You can see there is applications from February still under consideration.
No other LTE /4g providers out there to help with load balancing during the slow times?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yeah, my house is only 40 minutes SW of Calgary and no cell coverage. So either some cell coverage or better internet services would be awesome. Though Xplornet did do fine for the most part during WFH.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
From what I have researched there are 3 options for rural LTE based internet.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Telus Smart hub which seems the most reasonable. 1TB/ $110
Roger Rocket hub which the biggest plan is 50 GB for $120.
Xplodnet which has unlimited plans but we had TERRIBLE service with them. Constantly doing maintenance and killing our connection.
Plus they still all rely on the same backbone connection to Calgary which can be spotty sometimes.
Our building complex was promised fiber about a decade ago when it was new but the building associate doesn't care enough now to pay for it.
LTE + Starlink is hopefully going to provide a solid connection.
For much of flat Alberta in the south this is true, but even for me where I live, the LTE system didn't work at all. We tried for over a year but we just can't get enough signal. Where you don't have line of sight to a tower, satellite is all you have.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The Rogers plan (Heavy) is actually quite reasonable, especially if you sign up as a PERSONAL (not business) account. The overage cost is/was something like 5$ for every 10gb you went over.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But sounds like Telus has a better offer now (looked into this last year and Rogers was the winner at the time).
I'd definitely use both rogers and telus esp, if its costing profits right now.
Also, with a booster (about 300$) you might be able to explore other LTE providers as well.
Last edited by revelations; 10-28-2020 at 10:30 AM.
Yeah, your situation is perfect for starlink, and I would encourage you to jump on it as quick as you can. I tried every avenue I could to get you better service, but short of trenching out new lines out there, there isn't much I could do. I still feel bad I couldn't get you more reliable service.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Boosted life tip #329
Girlfriends cost money
Turbos cost money
Both make whining noises
Make the smart choice.
Originally posted by Mibz
Always a fucking awful experience seeing spikers. Extra awful when he laps me.
You should! I can't believe you would't rent all those machines and employees to run lines for 18 km's to my house!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Does Telus via DSL over POTS not work in rural areas?