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<blockquote data-quote="SRAD97750" data-source="post: 230765" data-attributes="member: 425"><p>When I lived in Apple Valley, we had fiber optic internet, which is very common in cities.</p><p>$50/month and 400mbps. This is faster than you could ever use. I could pirate full length movies in less than 5 minutes.</p><p></p><p>Now we live in the rural desert. The internet options include data capped satellite and cell phone hotspot.</p><p></p><p>Unlimited hotspot for the house was $40/month at best 25 mbps.</p><p>Unfortunately, the local cell towers out here are unable to cope with the current internet load. We're only a town of 2800, but everyone is forced to cell service hotspots. This crashes all phone service in the area every afternoon.</p><p>Satellite is a data capped service at $50-200/month with 'up to 25mbps' and limited to about 1mbps when capped.</p><p></p><p>Starlink is $99/month averaging 160mbps for rural areas with zero downtime and no caps. I am getting better than that, but I have an 'excellent' view of the sky.</p><p></p><p>So ultimately, some people would be severely disappointed with Starlink for the speed/price. But some of us can't believe it's become a reality.</p><p>-BIG DAN<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRAD97750, post: 230765, member: 425"] When I lived in Apple Valley, we had fiber optic internet, which is very common in cities. $50/month and 400mbps. This is faster than you could ever use. I could pirate full length movies in less than 5 minutes. Now we live in the rural desert. The internet options include data capped satellite and cell phone hotspot. Unlimited hotspot for the house was $40/month at best 25 mbps. Unfortunately, the local cell towers out here are unable to cope with the current internet load. We're only a town of 2800, but everyone is forced to cell service hotspots. This crashes all phone service in the area every afternoon. Satellite is a data capped service at $50-200/month with 'up to 25mbps' and limited to about 1mbps when capped. Starlink is $99/month averaging 160mbps for rural areas with zero downtime and no caps. I am getting better than that, but I have an 'excellent' view of the sky. So ultimately, some people would be severely disappointed with Starlink for the speed/price. But some of us can't believe it's become a reality. -BIG DAN:thumb: [/QUOTE]
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