Starlink Satellite TV and Internet

[CyPhallus]

I know the OP was asking about tailgating but bumping this thread for home Starlink service.
I'm considering signing up until fiber is installed to my neighborhood (which may still be a year away).

If you have it, where did you install the receiver? The roof seems like the best place but I'm not a fan of drilling holes in my shingles. Then how did you get power to it?

Can you return the equipment for any sort of refund when you cancel the service?

They have a sale until Oct 5th. The standard equpment is down to $299. It looks like I can get an additional $100 off for being a low usage area or something.

Starlink

High-speed internet. Available almost anywhere on Earth.

www.starlink.com

Plenty of ways to do it without punching through shingles, check here for some mount ideas https://www.bairdmounts.com/products/starlink-mounts

They make expensive mounts, and they are damn good, but it's just to give you ideas there are tons of cheaper options available. The last one I did was into the flashing on a gable peak with lag screws. 3 ft mast iirc, just enough to get above the shingles and get a clear sight line. That was with the old style starlink dish though, at first glance the new style doesn't look nearly as robust.

As for power they are all PoE, so you run a PoE injector by the router and the power for the antenna runs through the ethernet cable you run to the antenna.

 

[Cycsk]

A 1080p stream will likely take at least 2GB of data per hour. 4K resolution would be close to 10GB per hour.

Yikes. 50GB wouldn't last through a single tailgate! I thought I would need to upgrade and this proves it.

 

[Cloneon]

I'm bumping this to save time ... hopefully.

Never before have I had more interest in ALL B12 games. Unfortunately, I live in a no cell-phone/Starlink/OTA area. But, have excellent fiber internet via Frontier and have the capability for satellite. BTW, I already have Cyclones.tv and ESPN+

Succinctly: what is the best option to get all (Football and Basketball, including CFP and March Madness)
A. All Iowa State games and B. All B12 games?
Is it even possible?

 

[simply1]

I'm bumping this to save time ... hopefully.

Never before have I had more interest in ALL B12 games. Unfortunately, I live in a no cell-phone/Starlink/OTA area. But, have excellent fiber internet via Frontier and have the capability for satellite. BTW, I already have Cyclones.tv and ESPN+

Succinctly: what is the best option to get all (Football and Basketball, including CFP and March Madness)
A. All Iowa State games and B. All B12 games?
Is it even possible?

Did you ever get an answer?

 

[CoachHines3]

I'm bumping this to save time ... hopefully.

Never before have I had more interest in ALL B12 games. Unfortunately, I live in a no cell-phone/Starlink/OTA area. But, have excellent fiber internet via Frontier and have the capability for satellite. BTW, I already have Cyclones.tv and ESPN+

Succinctly: what is the best option to get all (Football and Basketball, including CFP and March Madness)
A. All Iowa State games and B. All B12 games?
Is it even possible?

I guess I'm a little confused.. this is more of a streaming/content question moreso than what type of internet to get, right?

You're wanting to stream all college football games, you would be able to get all with a YouTube TV/HULU live type thing. You get access to all channels that broadcast games. With you already having ESPN+ you'd be set.

 

[CY9008]

Used T-Mobile mobile internet the last 2 years in the RV village

No issues with not being at the home address- but to sign up must be in their scope. $50/month but with 2 tvs and several phones, took 200 gbs/month so it ended up $100/month during tailgating season.

This year went with straight talk wireless.
Best part is bought the modem outright and can buy unlimited internet by the month for $50 when needed.
Company seems a bit sketchy- but coverage for the first game was better than T-Mobile and got it shipped within 48 hours.

 

[cycloner29]

BIL ran his DISH through his phone hotspot. I was like good luck with that. Only issue was his generator popped a breaker. Fixed that and no issues with the feed at all. Just that the TV delay was two plays behind from the sound he would here eminating from JTS.

 

[Cloneon]

Did you ever get an answer?

Yes. Sorry. I went with youtube.tv. Not having anything so robust for over a decade required some getting used to. All-in-all, however, it's doing the job so far.

 

[Cloneon]

I guess I'm a little confused.. this is more of a streaming/content question moreso than what type of internet to get, right?

You're wanting to stream all college football games, you would be able to get all with a YouTube TV/HULU live type thing. You get access to all channels that broadcast games. With you already having ESPN+ you'd be set.

Sorry. I was vague cause I still could've considered 'satellite' (i.e. Direct TV or Dish). But, since I had pretty darned good fiber internet here in the rural mountains, I decided to slant to streaming options. Thank you all for your input.

 

[simply1]

Sorry. I was vague cause I still could've considered 'satellite' (i.e. Direct TV or Dish). But, since I had pretty darned good fiber internet here in the rural mountains, I decided to slant to streaming options. Thank you all for your input.

Who laid fiber there?

 

[TitanClone]

Just for tailgating purposes hot spots from our phones have worked fine in Ames and at Arrowhead the past few years. We just switch between phones if the data limits reach the point that Verizon bumps you from 5G to 4G

 

[Tre4ISU]

I have had Verizon WIFI at home since last fall (when it became available) and it works great for me at $50/month. Not a gamer and just use for streaming TV and surfing the net. My dad has had T-Mobile for about 2 years and his uses are same and found to also be a great option for $50/month.

I just shake my head at Mediacom. They jacked up price of my service for 3 years and wouldn't listen to my requests "for a deal" because they knew my location only allowed 2 choices- Mediacom and Centurylink. Now, I get direct mail pieces at least 2x a month asking me to comeback with some great deal for a year. Mediacom would have to PAY ME to comeback at this point!!

It was amazing how much Mediacom was willing to deal when a new company started throwing fiber into my town.

 

[KidSilverhair]

It was amazing how much Mediacom was willing to deal when a new company started throwing fiber into my town.

It wasn’t the greatest of “deals” to begin with, but Mediacom didn’t even take time to blink when I called to cancel last year at the end of my 3-year promotional rate. They instantly offered to re-up me for a year at the same price.

I’m sure the fact ImOn had just run fiber to my area had nothing to do with it …

 

[Dandy]

Plenty of ways to do it without punching through shingles, check here for some mount ideas https://www.bairdmounts.com/products/starlink-mounts

They make expensive mounts, and they are damn good, but it's just to give you ideas there are tons of cheaper options available. The last one I did was into the flashing on a gable peak with lag screws. 3 ft mast iirc, just enough to get above the shingles and get a clear sight line. That was with the old style starlink dish though, at first glance the new style doesn't look nearly as robust.

As for power they are all PoE, so you run a PoE injector by the router and the power for the antenna runs through the ethernet cable you run to the antenna.

How do you power it? Can I get a translation on this? Talk to me like I'm six years old.

Best place to mount is high on the house, correct? Can it be lower towards the ground like on a deck post or something?

 

[mred]

How do you power it? Can I get a translation on this? Talk to me like I'm six years old.

PoE = Power over ethernet. The ethernet (network) cable supplies both the network connection and the power, so you don't need to run two cables.

The PoE injector is a standard power supply brick, but instead of having a regular power cable it has two ethernet ports: one that goes to the modem/router and one that goes to the antenna. It lets the data pass through from one port to the other, but it additionally puts power on the antenna port so the antenna can receive power over the network cable.

 

[Dandy]

PoE = Power over ethernet. The ethernet (network) cable supplies both the network connection and the power, so you don't need to run two cables.

The PoE injector is a standard power supply brick, but instead of having a regular power cable it has two ethernet ports: one that goes to the modem/router and one that goes to the antenna. It lets the data pass through from one port to the other, but it additionally puts power on the antenna port so the antenna can receive power over the network cable.

Thank you.

Do I need to mount it on the roof? Starlink is a stop gap until fiber is installed "some time next year" so I want the best temporary mount ideas.

 

[isufbcurt]

Thank you.

Do I need to mount it on the roof? Starlink is a stop gap until fiber is installed "some time next year" so I want the best temporary mount ideas.

No you can just set it in the yard. We did that until we were sure we were going to keep it.

 

[CoachHines3]

No you can just set it in the yard. We did that until we were sure we were going to keep it.

hows it perform in summer during cloud cover/storms and in winter during snowstorms?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

hows it perform in summer during cloud cover/storms and in winter during snowstorms?

No issues even with the crazy rain we had this spring. Clouds are a non factor. It has a builtin heater to keep snow and ice from accumulating.

 

[CoachHines3]

No issues even with the crazy rain we had this spring. Clouds are a non factor. It has a builtin heater to keep snow and ice from accumulating.

what are you up/down speeds?

i currently have what they call "fixed wireless". Have a deal on my house that points towards the towns water tower. it does ok but still have streaming issues with youtube tv at times if im watching a live game and say my wife is streaming netflix on the upstairs tv. will constantly drop to 420 or even worse.

we're supposed to be getting fiber, at some point just don't know when.

ive thought about switching over but idk if its worth it if I get fiber, say, in the spring. i can get fiber with 200/200 for the same price as starlink