I live in far north Queensland in a remote area. All I had for Internet is satellite NBN plus then I ordered Star link. there’s so many things I could not do on the NBN now I can do on the star link
I live in Reunion Island near africa. I have about 200 ms of latency with european servers. Starlink juste came up in my country and i'm asking if it was worth it for the ping or not. If somone has an experience it would help me a lot !
Had it for over 4 months in the country it's amazing I regularly get steam download speeds of 20 MB a sec, that's megabytes a second not megabits.I found it runs far better through a dedicated router I recommend the Tp-link ER605
Just ordered one! Going from metro Perth to outer skirts. Where we could only get wireless NBN only seen speeds of 10/20mbs download. As a gamer who’s use to 260mbs, at least I know I’ll be okay.
If it uses wifi to connect to devices then what is stopping ppl from getting any extender with Lan and connecting that to their router, rather then their addapter???
@@TechManPat na even with wifi 4 at 600 is still more then capable of handling 150max on the starlink. just put the extender near the box and you should have no problems. Not a fan of the Eth0 adapter.
The adapter allows the use of failover services, such as 4g etc. That and hardline is also more reliable depending on the building type, and local interference
Excellent video, I wonder how well it will work under heavy cloud. The thing that’s perplexing is the Ethernet not being a hardware feature but sold as optional.
Have used it during some sever rain and storms down southern wa, works fine just slows down a little bit about 10% I was surprised how largely unaffected it was.
Appreciate the effort & detailed insight here, Pat. You can see why so many prefer Starlink to NBN Satellite. Your FTTN is pretty excellent, so at least you have a decent fixed connection. Btw, are you still doing the Beanstalk streams? It’s been ages since I’ve tuned in (been away & damn busy). Keep the videos coming.
@@TechManPat Ahh good to know the algorithm hasn’t duped me re: missing any streams. Congrats on the kid, & good luck with getting the streams back up. Btw, just got FTTP connected a few days ago (from FTTN)…now we’re talkin! I might be in the market for a new POE Switch, so I’ll look out for any videos you do on them!
@@TheEthNick glad to hear mate ! That’s awesome, now you can take advantage of some awesome tech ! How exciting ! Yeah I’m hoping once my son is a bit older there will be more time for me haha I hope
Makes a lot of sense for rural areas but for metro areas it’s FTTP or Fixed MMWave wireless, I’m with Gigacomm and hope they go national with their network, I get 1Gb down, 100Mbps up and 1ms latency 24x7 rain or shine
Omg mate thanks so much I’m with iinet 79.99 for 50 Mbps down and switch over to their 5g plan put now that I know about this quite happy to try gigacomm out
That's fantastic! Out here on lower Yorke Peninsula we get 0.3 - 5MB/s download, 0.1 - 0.5MB/s upload and 700 - 1300ms latency with Sky Muster, it's extremely unstable, $55 a month for 45gb capped. There's no mobile towers of any company here either so we're super excited to get Starlink finally.
Yes I have, it's faster than anyone I know, all over the country; often times 24MB/s, that's megabytes not bits. Ping is also excellent, so gaming is fantastic, it never goes offline either, though I'd imagine a thunderstorm would drop it. Just easy 10/10 I highly recommend it@@notabot0001
Hi Pat. I live in Perth W.A. and have FTTN. My ISP says I’m limited to 50 MpS, but I noticed your vlog shows you FTTN as 100MpS. How can you get 100mpS? My son is an avid gamer who is annoyed by our “slow” NBN service. Sometime (soon?) in 2024 we’re supposed to get FTTC. Until then (if it happens) we have to lump it. How can I get 100MpS through my NBN in Perth metropolitan area?
In New Zealand 87 percent have fiver to the home so they don’t need it but there are a lot remote people in these last few percent plus planes ships etc.
oi Pat.... have u seen the hacks for gen2??? no starlink router needed and no extortion of $100 extra dollars for a scummy ethernet cable that should have been supplied as a basic setup.... also the hack shorten the cable too from dishy
Most of it went over my head but I am not a tech nerd. I have just bought it not knowing that trees are a BIG problem. I am getting over 90% interference, so I might have to sell it to someone without any trees.
Why's it limited to 150 down? And is the data limit for on peak as well as off peak? I'm with spintel and pay $85 for 100/20 and actually get 110/22 I just can't justify spending almost double and only getting slightly faster down speed but worse upload speed. Guess it's great for people in the country that can't get anything
Spot on Keith, its definitly not for you, but there are people who cannot get anywhere near that service nor service at all. It seems to be limited due to coverage here in Aus, the US has speeds of 300mbps.
My mate in Perth was on Starlink and he was getting 1-5sec dropouts every few minutes which made gaming terrible. In a game of LoL he would be disconnecting and re-connecting all of the time. I'm pretty sure his Starlink had clean line of sight to the stars as well. I'm not sure if this is just a Perth Starlink thing, AU Starlink thing, or full Starlink thing in general. I was quite surprised to find out about it.
with everything wireless being deployed with POE subsystem why have something with special connector better to standardize it so it can exist with other services.. Given how flaky fttn can be i would state xg and ubiquiti air fiber can also be an additional solutions to added for additional back bone support.. though like with other wireless solutions what are you expecting to host from it???? looking at my home network infrastructure I would state roughly about 2-4 devices reality.. though the phyiscal reality you are going to using 50-200 devices on the home network so ask yourself what is more prudent for a deployment Looking at my entire network xbox, 360, one, one x one s, series x, ps2, ps3, ps4, ps4 pro, ps5, 4 tv's, 4 blue ray players 1 6 disc dvd player 3 avr's, 1 desktop, several laptops and the list goes on at last estimation i own 20+ consoles that can be served by network connection of some type, how many devices do you have that is served with a lan or wifi connection with everything within the household coming with a lan and/or wifi connection what and how many devices do you have within your home requiring some form of internet connection and network connection of some form whether that be wired or wireless by nature??? wireless isn't be all or end all support people think it is reality fois is the only real option for a future, wireless anything great to have it though operational caveats to what they are what you hosting in your home network including all out buildings in that footprint..
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Seriously thinking of purchasing. I have a PC that doesn’t have wifi, could I just plug the Ethernet cable from my pc into that little adapter for 100 dollars they provide? And is it portable? If I travel can I take it away with me and what sort of power can it run off?
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I live in far north Queensland in a remote area. All I had for Internet is satellite NBN plus then I ordered Star link. there’s so many things I could not do on the NBN now I can do on the star link
I live in Reunion Island near africa. I have about 200 ms of latency with european servers. Starlink juste came up in my country and i'm asking if it was worth it for the ping or not. If somone has an experience it would help me a lot !
Good to hear you’re in Perth Pat.
How can I share a picture or star link download. Getting 211Mbps down.
Thats Awesome! You can jump on my facebook, and if you are happy to I can share the photo in the next video, or email it across!
Thanks heaps, Tech Man Pat! Excited to try it out living here in regional NSW, where lots of locals say that Starlink is the only way to go.
Had it for over 4 months in the country it's amazing I regularly get steam download speeds of 20 MB a sec, that's megabytes a second not megabits.I found it runs far better through a dedicated router I recommend the Tp-link ER605
Just ordered one! Going from metro Perth to outer skirts. Where we could only get wireless NBN only seen speeds of 10/20mbs download.
As a gamer who’s use to 260mbs, at least I know I’ll be okay.
Glad to hear there are reasonable speeds in Perth.
I know quite a few people stuck on sub par FTTN here.
Interested to see the results on this, exciting series!
i am curious if you can use the starlink gen 2 on your pc since i am very interested in it as of right now
Yes ofcorse you can.
Hi I live in Papua new Guinea and need advice for setting up here. I can buy the equipment
If it uses wifi to connect to devices then what is stopping ppl from getting any extender with Lan and connecting that to their router, rather then their addapter???
Nothing at all, potentially the performance may not be as good.
@@TechManPat na even with wifi 4 at 600 is still more then capable of handling 150max on the starlink. just put the extender near the box and you should have no problems. Not a fan of the Eth0 adapter.
The adapter allows the use of failover services, such as 4g etc. That and hardline is also more reliable depending on the building type, and local interference
Does it cover all Australia including in the desert areas ?
Pretty much yes
It covers all over australia. Except for two exclusion zones which are requested by the government. Some places are at capacity so it may vary
Excellent video, I wonder how well it will work under heavy cloud. The thing that’s perplexing is the Ethernet not being a hardware feature but sold as optional.
Might be able to test the weather part, hopefully we get some storms soon
Have used it during some sever rain and storms down southern wa, works fine just slows down a little bit about 10% I was surprised how largely unaffected it was.
Is internet still good with this weeks heavy rain? 😊
@@puneethdevadiga1235 yes I’d be interested to see how it’s held up
does the starlink modem have a ethernet port ?
No, wifi only
@@TechManPat ahh damn that sucks
How did you get the flat antenna version in Australia since it is available in the US only? Thx!
Ours arrived yesterday and it’s the flat antenna. We just ordered from their site it was the default option for residential
Nice to see thanks for that have been wondering about access for Australia with Starlink 👍
Glad to hear, hoping I’ll be able to shed some light on its value for Australians
Appreciate the effort & detailed insight here, Pat. You can see why so many prefer Starlink to NBN Satellite. Your FTTN is pretty excellent, so at least you have a decent fixed connection.
Btw, are you still doing the Beanstalk streams? It’s been ages since I’ve tuned in (been away & damn busy).
Keep the videos coming.
Hey mate! I miss beanstalk too ! It’s been awhile, iv had to tone it down since my son was born. But Kacper and I are still really keen to restart
@@TechManPat Ahh good to know the algorithm hasn’t duped me re: missing any streams. Congrats on the kid, & good luck with getting the streams back up.
Btw, just got FTTP connected a few days ago (from FTTN)…now we’re talkin! I might be in the market for a new POE Switch, so I’ll look out for any videos you do on them!
@@TheEthNick glad to hear mate ! That’s awesome, now you can take advantage of some awesome tech ! How exciting ! Yeah I’m hoping once my son is a bit older there will be more time for me haha I hope
Yeah skymuster is kind of terrible, but it works if you don't have the budget for a starlink
Makes a lot of sense for rural areas but for metro areas it’s FTTP or Fixed MMWave wireless, I’m with Gigacomm and hope they go national with their network, I get 1Gb down, 100Mbps up and 1ms latency 24x7 rain or shine
Omg mate thanks so much I’m with iinet 79.99 for 50 Mbps down and switch over to their 5g plan put now that I know about this quite happy to try gigacomm out
That's fantastic!
Out here on lower Yorke Peninsula we get 0.3 - 5MB/s download, 0.1 - 0.5MB/s upload and 700 - 1300ms latency with Sky Muster, it's extremely unstable, $55 a month for 45gb capped.
There's no mobile towers of any company here either so we're super excited to get Starlink finally.
@@LoftyAssertionscan I ask if you’ve switched to starlink?
Yes I have, it's faster than anyone I know, all over the country; often times 24MB/s, that's megabytes not bits.
Ping is also excellent, so gaming is fantastic, it never goes offline either, though I'd imagine a thunderstorm would drop it. Just easy 10/10 I highly recommend it@@notabot0001
Hi Pat. I live in Perth W.A. and have FTTN. My ISP says I’m limited to 50 MpS, but I noticed your vlog shows you FTTN as 100MpS. How can you get 100mpS? My son is an avid gamer who is annoyed by our “slow” NBN service. Sometime (soon?) in 2024 we’re supposed to get FTTC. Until then (if it happens) we have to lump it. How can I get 100MpS through my NBN in Perth metropolitan area?
Great video, Pat. If Starlink up the satellites and manage a faster upload, I am in. :)
Should road test it with that mesh kit a few weeks back!
Yeah doing exactly that ! Good call :)
@@TechManPat Great minds aye haha
It’s worth it in Gisborne nz right now during the floods
heard Gisborne got hit hard damn!
In New Zealand 87 percent have fiver to the home so they don’t need it but there are a lot remote people in these last few percent plus planes ships etc.
oi Pat.... have u seen the hacks for gen2??? no starlink router needed and no extortion of $100 extra dollars for a scummy ethernet cable that should have been supplied as a basic setup.... also the hack shorten the cable too from dishy
Bro this video is fire 🔥 for the Australian IT Community #bigups
Sick can't wait for your content on Starlink
Still not good enough where other countries have GB per second
Most of it went over my head but I am not a tech nerd. I have just bought it not knowing that trees are a BIG problem. I am getting over 90% interference, so I might have to sell it to someone without any trees.
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Aren’t you in Launceston? I thought FttP was almost universal?
starlink is the greatest product ever it gives independency in one of the most important factors in the world which is the internet
Why's it limited to 150 down? And is the data limit for on peak as well as off peak?
I'm with spintel and pay $85 for 100/20 and actually get 110/22
I just can't justify spending almost double and only getting slightly faster down speed but worse upload speed. Guess it's great for people in the country that can't get anything
Spot on Keith, its definitly not for you, but there are people who cannot get anywhere near that service nor service at all.
It seems to be limited due to coverage here in Aus, the US has speeds of 300mbps.
I just can't support starlink for removing the Ethernet adapter from GEN2. Hoping a viable competitor comes out soon.
The massive investment to make such a service happen is massive, it will be awhile before there are viable competitors.
You can buy the ethernet adapter for gen2 dishes though?
My mate in Perth was on Starlink and he was getting 1-5sec dropouts every few minutes which made gaming terrible. In a game of LoL he would be disconnecting and re-connecting all of the time. I'm pretty sure his Starlink had clean line of sight to the stars as well. I'm not sure if this is just a Perth Starlink thing, AU Starlink thing, or full Starlink thing in general. I was quite surprised to find out about it.
Will be testing further to see how that works out
@@TechManPat I look forward to seeing your results :)
So far, it’s been very good, maybe it’s coas it’s gen 2 but speeds have been great
All good until something goes wrong & you need support
That’s epic! 🔥🔥💯💯
with everything wireless being deployed with POE subsystem why have something with special connector better to standardize it so it can exist with other services..
Given how flaky fttn can be i would state xg and ubiquiti air fiber can also be an additional solutions to added for additional back bone support..
though like with other wireless solutions what are you expecting to host from it????
looking at my home network infrastructure I would state roughly about 2-4 devices reality.. though the phyiscal reality you are going to using 50-200 devices on the home network so ask yourself what is more prudent for a deployment
Looking at my entire network
xbox, 360, one, one x one s, series x, ps2, ps3, ps4, ps4 pro, ps5, 4 tv's, 4 blue ray players 1 6 disc dvd player 3 avr's, 1 desktop, several laptops and the list goes on at last estimation i own 20+ consoles that can be served by network connection of some type, how many devices do you have that is served with a lan or wifi connection
with everything within the household coming with a lan and/or wifi connection what and how many devices do you have within your home requiring some form of internet connection and network connection of some form whether that be wired or wireless by nature???
wireless isn't be all or end all support people think it is reality fois is the only real option for a future, wireless anything great to have it though operational caveats to what they are what you hosting in your home network including all out buildings in that footprint..
Anything’s more reliable than the NBN.
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My question for you is: Why?
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Seriously thinking of purchasing. I have a PC that doesn’t have wifi, could I just plug the Ethernet cable from my pc into that little adapter for 100 dollars they provide? And is it portable? If I travel can I take it away with me and what sort of power can it run off?
Speed’s nothing that spectacular starling.FTTN I get 90 down 35 up at $80 month unlimited with super loop Hardly worth it
Not everyone can get this speed.