Re: [Starlink] ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!

[Nathan Owens <nathan@nathan.io>]

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It will presumably work for now, but if you have "roaming: True" in the
gRPC data, you'll likely have to pay another $25/mo for Portability, and
accept slower/degraded service.

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 9:07 AM Mr. Clif <clif@eugeneweb.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> After waiting for over a year, a couple of weeks ago, our Starlink
> terminal finally arrived. The original orders I placed never panned out,
> and eventually were canceled, but when I heard about the new service map
> feature on the Starlink site, it took all the guess work out of the
> order process.
>
> I live in Eugene but had to select some small town near the coast to
> place the order. When it arrived, I tried to install the starlink app on
> 3 (Three) different android devices, but it refused... Grrrr. So I found
> some third party Starlink app and tried that, but it would just exit
> immediately.
>
> Though the surprising thing is, that when I powered it up in Eugene, it
> just worked without the app and despite Eugene not being available for
> new service. I also tried it in another town that didn't have service
> and it just worked. A couple of days later, we moved it about 50 miles
> from the registered service area, also out in the boonies and it's been
> working great ever since. Never touched the app, and never turned on
> roaming.
>
> Not sure how typical this is.
>
>      Ciao,
>      Clif
>
> On 5/12/22 18:39, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > Starlink accepted an order for my address in Berkeley, CA, today. They
> > also let me set the location of the Dishy I already have on hand to
> > Berkeley, rather than my off-grid location where it hasn't been
> > installed yet. That did not work before. However, Dishy has had 14
> > minutes to get on the network, and is still doing what it previously
> > did - it has 15-second intervals online every 10 minutes or so. I'll
> > leave it on and see if it starts working.
> >
> > Also, my ethernet adapter arrived.
> >
> >     Thanks
> >
> >     Bruce
> >
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