Anyone in more rural areas using Starlink for your ISP?

[amiller]

Curious to know more about your experience as far as upload/download speeds and ability to do Source Connect/ADR,etc.

[K Roche]

Yes we have Starlink I do not use Source Connect so can't give any first hand insights
BUT in general the download speed is really good and much much much better than the ATT cell phone tower mounted 3rd party ISP connection we used to use = which was usually between 5 and 12 mbs download
Just checked and currently my download speed is 177 now it can drop to maybe as low as 25 -30 and go as high as 200 + but usually around 95 to 150

The Now the upload speed is somewhat better but only by maybe double or less From about 3 to 5 mbs with the cell tower and now from 7 to 15 . usually around 8 or 10

[BScout]

Most of the issue with satellite services has been latency more than throughput. What's the ping times on your Starlink service?

Had a studio up in the Malibu hills and we had to use satellite (this was before starlink was fully available) and anything streaming would end up buffering. Ended up using point-to-point line-of-sight ground dishes (something you can do if you are at a high enough elevation and can get line of sight to an ISP tower that does PTP)

Have a friend currently in southeast part of California hills using StarLink. It works for him but he's a singer/songwriter so not a lot of network demand compared to Post Production.

[amiller]

Originally Posted by K Roche

Yes we have Starlink I do not use Source Connect so can't give any first hand insights
BUT in general the download speed is really good and much much much better than the ATT cell phone tower mounted 3rd party ISP connection we used to use = which was usually between 5 and 12 mbs download
Just checked and currently my download speed is 177 now it can drop to maybe as low as 25 -30 and go as high as 200 + but usually around 95 to 150

The Now the upload speed is somewhat better but only by maybe double or less From about 3 to 5 mbs with the cell tower and now from 7 to 15 . usually around 8 or 10

Good to know. Seems to be right about what I'm hearing, thanks.

[amiller]

Originally Posted by BScout

Most of the issue with satellite services has been latency more than throughput. What's the ping times on your Starlink service?

Had a studio up in the Malibu hills and we had to use satellite (this was before starlink was fully available) and anything streaming would end up buffering. Ended up using point-to-point line-of-sight ground dishes (something you can do if you are at a high enough elevation and can get line of sight to an ISP tower that does PTP)

Have a friend currently in southeast part of California hills using StarLink. It works for him but he's a singer/songwriter so not a lot of network demand compared to Post Production.

I don't have the service (at least not yet), but it says they have a latency of 20-40ms. Do you think that's workable?
I have no idea on the ISP tower and whether it has PTP but I might be able check on that. I know where there is a tower in the area about 6-7 miles away.

[K Roche]

OK just did the Ookla speed test.
BTW got a 20.68 upload
The Ping said 39 . but it also says the ookla server is in Denver which is probably 350 to 380 miles direct from my location ??

[amiller]

Originally Posted by K Roche

OK just did the Ookla speed test.
BTW got a 20.68 upload
The Ping said 39 . but it also says the ookla server is in Denver which is probably 350 to 380 miles direct from my location ??

Thanks for that checking on that! Appreciate it.

[BScout]

Originally Posted by amiller

I don't have the service (at least not yet), but it says they have a latency of 20-40ms. Do you think that's workable?
I have no idea on the ISP tower and whether it has PTP but I might be able check on that. I know where there is a tower in the area about 6-7 miles away.

If you can get PTP, it's a far better option. Both in ping times and throughput. From Santa Monica (studio) to the tower in Downtown LA (about 11 miles), we use PTP for data over choosing fibre (and even some direct lines installed by Sony/Fox to their studio lots.) In our case, PTP was pricey but worth it (there are over 20 studios using it in this one complex) but I think the price depends on the market (and Los Angeles is generally pricey.) You pretty much put a small tower on your tallest point (on the roof of our tallest building) and direct your dish to their (much bigger) dish on their tower.

[amiller]

Originally Posted by BScout

If you can get PTP, it's a far better option. Both in ping times and throughput. From Santa Monica (studio) to the tower in Downtown LA (about 11 miles), we use PTP for data over choosing fibre (and even some direct lines installed by Sony/Fox to their studio lots.) In our case, PTP was pricey but worth it (there are over 20 studios using it in this one complex) but I think the price depends on the market (and Los Angeles is generally pricey.) You pretty much put a small tower on your tallest point (on the roof of our tallest building) and direct your dish to their (much bigger) dish on their tower.

Thanks! Just found a PTP service in the area. Kind of ridiculously expensive unfortunately. ((