Mobile is poor.

bums.......

20/2 won't cut it, i was on 16-18/1.2 and it became painful over time. Even 40/10 was usable.

musk-link maybe the only sane solution. Sadly oneweb is expensive.

I was on 30/4 for a long time, and that wasn't great. FTTP 300/50 was a big joy in comparison.

Depending on location, you might be able to get a 3-year leased line contract for around £300 per month, i.e. £11K in total. which may not be too bad in the big picture of buying a house. It's cheaper than many rail season tickets, and there's a reasonable chance that FTTP may come along during that time, and/or improved ground mobile coverage or other satellite networks.

IIRC, the older Starlink terminals used around 100W which could cost around £20 per month in electricity alone. But I suspect the newer ones are more efficient.

Power draw on my V4 is averaging around 29 watts at the moment.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

I was on 30/4 for a long time, and that wasn't great. FTTP 300/50 was a big joy in comparison.

Depending on location, you might be able to get a 3-year leased line contract for around £300 per month, i.e. £11K in total. which may not be too bad in the big picture of buying a house. It's cheaper than many rail season tickets, and there's a reasonable chance that FTTP may come along during that time, and/or improved ground mobile coverage or other satellite networks.

IIRC, the older Starlink terminals used around 100W which could cost around £20 per month in electricity alone. But I suspect the newer ones are more efficient.

Thanks …. a bit steep, but thanks.

Starlink are doing referrals again (or maybe they had started again and I just failed to notice) - but anyway - if you do decide you want to give them a go, PM me and I'll send you my referral code.

You get a free month of service and I get the equivalent.

I know it's not my thread, but Starlink has been on my list as a possible option if I can't get fibre here. I also work from home, but I am a heavy user. I will consider your and Pheasant's comments about the throttling of heavy users. Thanks.

We've had Starlink since approx last August/September (with fttc of 20 down 1 up) it arrived quickly, was easy to setup and install. £75 fixed price deal for 12 months which is now £85 out of contract.

In use it has been next to faultless, I think there have been 2 global outages in that time.

Reliably see 300+ down 20/30 up with around 20ms latency. Family of 4 no issues.

As loathe as I am to make Elon richer Starlink has been good for us while the 6 year wait for fibre continues (though it is creeping ever closer and I am hopeful of being able to order before the end of the year).

£85 a month ?

No wonder he is so damn wealthy.

How about you get a bit more philanthropic Elon ?

The pricing seems very fair to me. This is only aimed at people who have no other alternative.

If he priced it at £30 per month then everyone would switch from FTTC/FTTP to satellite, and then the earth-to-sky and sky-to-earth bandwidth would be swamped. Imagine running the whole of London off one XGS-PON. Capacity issues have already led intermittently to waiting lists in certain parts of the country.