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TruHusker

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My wife grew up in remote NW Kansas, beautiful area with very few people and lots of hills. A guy I know there has Starlink and says it works well. I understand it is not cheap.
 

Scat_Back

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My friend in a semi-remote area has it and it’s a lot better than his wired provider is. His speed varies a bit but it’s generally between 35-80 Mbps
 

redwine65

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want to buy stock in it..but only Tesla employees can...pretty much every ship is going to go to starlink
 
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My cousin has had it for a while. Living in a rather remote area he really likes it. I think it depends on what other Internet alternatives you have. I use Verizon 5G right now and love it. I'll be using fiber optic cable once I move to a new location. But if I didn't have those options which I think are better and cheaper, I'd definitely be looking into Starlink.
 

RedBaloneyPony

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It scared me on a cold winter night as I pissed off my deck watching a string of shooting stars. Thought the aliens were coming for us
 

DrAlan_Grant

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If I lived in a place where it was starlink or slow *** dsl/cable or god forbid worse, I'd talk my Mrs into it.

Thankfully I have a symmetrical 1Gb fiber plan for $95. Not exactly cheap, but it's fast :)
 

GBRforLife1

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If I lived in a place where it was starlink or slow *** dsl/cable or god forbid worse, I'd talk my Mrs into it.

Thankfully I have a symmetrical 1Gb fiber plan for $95. Not exactly cheap, but it's fast :)
I downgraded to half gig for $40. Can't tell the difference.
 

redwine65

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Isn't the area it serves limited? At least currently?
I guess they have 4k satellites up (so there's some disruption in high use areas) and are looking to put 30k satellites up..
but..as seen in this video folks are switching over...them gigantic round things on the top of yachts are getting replaced..hey can get net flicks in the arctic circle now cause of starlink..

 
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ADV88

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Have it on our farm. We are in the middle of nowhere and in a valley ringed by mountains. Starlink is fantastic. Works great.
This is good to hear... I've been looking hard at it for my cabin. The valley and trees doesn't even let a phone signal in so I was needing something like this...
 
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Starlink is so effective globally that both Russia and China have developed plans to shoot down the satellites if war breaks out between the countries.
 
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This is good to hear... I've been looking hard at it for my cabin. The valley and trees doesn't even let a phone signal in so I was needing something like this...
We have an issue with cell phone reception on our farm too. The phone part is decent but the data reception is awful outside of WiFi. So I was skeptical Starlink would work. But it works great. It is way better than DSL but not as good as high speed fire optic internet. But it really does work.
 

IM4NUAlways_

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The country in and around St. Francis is exceptional. I considered purchasing property near there because I like it so much. Would prob need Starlink.
Yea I graduated from St. Francis HS. I lived 2.5 years there. North east almost on the Kansas Line. Close to Haigler, NE. The Arickeree (SP) Breaks. Awesome place.

I was curious of the poster's wife was from there. Like small town NE it's hard not to know everyone.
 

Huskers123456

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The country in and around St. Francis is exceptional. I considered purchasing property near there because I like it so much. Would prob need Starlink.
Still think about the bird hunting in that area some days. Fantastic. Or used to be at least.
 

Wasker77

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Yea I graduated from St. Francis HS. I lived 2.5 years there. North east almost on the Kansas Line. Close to Haigler, NE. The Arickeree (SP) Breaks. Awesome place.

I was curious of the poster's wife was from there. Like small town NE it's hard not to know everyone.
Big Ed’s in nearby Bird City used to be a great place to stop for steaks.
 

TruHusker

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Yea I graduated from St. Francis HS. I lived 2.5 years there. North east almost on the Kansas Line. Close to Haigler, NE. The Arickeree (SP) Breaks. Awesome place.

I was curious of the poster's wife was from there. Like small town NE it's hard not to know everyone.
Good ole Sainty! I lived in Goodland for many years - two different times. Wife was raised a Red Devil in Oberlin and we still get back there to the farm. Haven't been to Sainty for many years, the mexican food place on the hill was the big attraction and of course Big Eds in Bird. Also, loved the Sainty golf course back in the day when I played often. I grew up in the Lebanon/Danbury area and we played Haigler my senior year. It was like the middle of no-where and still is.

Love the breaks, that is beautiful country up there. I would love to live in that area. I am going to guess land is scarce and expensive.
 

GBRforLife1

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Starlink is so effective globally that both Russia and China have developed plans to shoot down the satellites if war breaks out between the countries.
Yeah how long do you think itvwill take to shoot down 30,000 satellites in space?
 

Phil DeGrave II

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Good ole Sainty! I lived in Goodland for many years - two different times. Wife was raised a Red Devil in Oberlin and we still get back there to the farm. Haven't been to Sainty for many years, the mexican food place on the hill was the big attraction and of course Big Eds in Bird. Also, loved the Sainty golf course back in the day when I played often. I grew up in the Lebanon/Danbury area and we played Haigler my senior year. It was like the middle of no-where and still is.

Love the breaks, that is beautiful country up there. I would love to live in that area. I am going to guess land is scarce and expensive.
I just took 36 to Phillipsburg then dropped 183 down to 9 today on way back to AZ. I dig the rolling hills, very beautiful and sparsely populated which makes it appealing.
 

redwine65

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you used have to get close to land and population to have better reception...with starlink the opposite is true..the farther from land and people the better reception
 

cornhustler

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Yeah how long do you think it will take to shoot down 30,000 satellites in space?
Brah, those satellites are not in space, they are in Low Earth Orbit. USA, Russia, China and India all have ASAT capabilities. India took out their own satellite with a surface missile in under 3 minutes. A few well placed missiles could trigger the Kessler Syndrome.