Thread: All things STARLINK

Sat phones are not reliable, take it from one who has stood on the top of a road train, with one foot in the air, holding a wire coat hanger, searching unsuccessfully for a signal, in remote Western Australia.

Now I would pay to see that
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Originally Posted by prelude

Funny how in OZ you guys still have shall we say bad luck. Now with starlink the coverage has increased dramatically over the country and STILL it is heaps expensive (from my POV). I don't even get the option for 50GB over here, I just get the "standard" terrabyte since uplink stations and available bandwidth to/from them is a no brainer in this densely population postage stamp. A lot of people over here can get 8gbit internet over fibre at their home for 80 bucks.

Feeding starlink's satelites in OZ is still somewhat of a challenge it seems so prices go up (naturally). Maybe, perhaps, one day... Also makes me wonder how the capacity of the intercontinental uplink into australia and new zealand is doing


Cheers,
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Bad luck?? Many people knew ( I was one of them ) that our govt intervention into the fibre sector was doomed from the beginning. The NBN began as an ill conceived white elephant and grew into a herd of albino wooly mammoths. But they've got to pay for the bloody thing somehow. Competition is not welcome.

From what I have read so far, there's not a whole lot of difference between the northern and southern hemisphere as far as Starlink is concerned. There are differences in orientation, and earth curvature, but not much else, so it seems that SL pricing here may be "influenced".

Lashed out and bought myself a Starlink Mini from Harvey Norman. the thing is tiny, about the same size a sheet of A4 paper. (thicker though)

Already have a Starlink round dish on my truck, but it wont leave much of the 100ah aux battery if I leave it on all night.

I got the SL mini which I have stuck under one of the roof hatch skylight thingies in the caravan. Plugged into the inverter all night it hardly affects the draw on the 200ah van batteries . Speeds on par or better than the round dish.

Ive ordered a USB-C power lead for it so will plug it into a 12v- USB-C 100w adapter , no more 240v needed.

only it makes an annoying buzzing sound , which most people can't hear but its harmonises (in a bad way) with by tinnitus , apparently the USB-C lead helps with that as its a smoother power supply.

Ive got the SL mini on the 50gb plan ($80) and switched the truck dish to 50gb plan too. so cheaper overall now than the $174 plan I was on just for the round dish.

You seen these??

Originally Posted by Tins

You seen these??

No, it looks good though, but wont work with my Gen1 V2 round dish, , I have a kit of parts to convert my round dish to run on 12v but never got around to it.

JT I've got a similar 3 in 1 Yaosheng unit for my gen2 Starlink to run on 12v, I leave it on 24/7 when we're stopped and occasionally when mobile.

It's interesting. Not sure what the advantages are yet, Apart from the more stable power supply you get, and the multivoltage support ( not 48v though, which some RV setups seem to use )and the freedom to choose your own router. That last one could be a pro, given that I have seen a few reports of SL routers failing and they're not cheap.... well, as cheap. I like that you son't need the inverter to run SL. I imagine though that SL will be like  and eventually cut out the middle man and supply something themselves.

Dunno why I'm looking. There's a whole gamut of stuff for me to do on my OKA before I need to worry about internet access....