<story><title>I took down my Starlink dish (but haven&apos;t cancelled)</title><url>https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/i-took-down-starlink-i-havent-cancelled</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geerlingguy</author><text>My biggest gripe is the fact I can&amp;#x27;t transfer it to my cousin, who lives on a farm with 300 Kbps DSL, 70 miles away.&lt;p&gt;Back when preorders started, it wasn&amp;#x27;t obvious how slow Starlink would be to expand, and it also wasn&amp;#x27;t obvious transfers wouldn&amp;#x27;t be a supported feature for many months.&lt;p&gt;Even so, my cousin also signed up in hopes to get Starlink, and 11 months later her date was moved from &amp;#x27;late 2021&amp;#x27; to &amp;#x27;late 2022&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;And yes, I&amp;#x27;ve tried many address hacks to see if I could get my dish moved there, none have worked.&lt;p&gt;They shouldn&amp;#x27;t have dropped the &amp;#x27;beta&amp;#x27; moniker last year if the service is truly so far from its final state (IMO).</text></item><item><author>fastaguy88</author><text>I get it.  If you already have internet, then Starlink is not for you.  There are lots of questionable design choices (particularly in version 2), it&amp;#x27;s picky about placement, etc. etc.&lt;p&gt;But if your other choice is HughesNet or its competitors, that throttles you after 15 GB (2 days of non-streaming usage for me), or 50 GB, the Starlink &amp;quot;shortcomings&amp;quot; are irrelevant.  With Starlink, if you can get it, and if you can site it without blockages, you have &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; internet.  Reasonable speeds and no caps&amp;#x2F;throttling.&lt;p&gt;The massive over-subscription (presumably by people who have no functional alternative) suggests it serves a need.&lt;p&gt;Just not a need for people who have a non-DSL wired alternative, like Jeff Geerling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>traviswt</author><text>Disclaimer: I am a very happy Starlink customer that has no other option for internet besides terrible LTE.&lt;p&gt;Starlink never originally advertised the ability to transfer service or even sell your hardware. It was very clear from the beginning you had to use it for the address you provided, and their communication was very clear to that effect.&lt;p&gt;You are definitely correct that logically you should be able to sell your kit, transfer service, or just move with it (Elon has said you’ll eventually be able to use it on an RV). But you took that logical end result and set your own expectations based on assumptions that were not aligned with reality.&lt;p&gt;You are not in the target market, of course you’re going to be frustrated.</text></comment>
<story><title>I took down my Starlink dish (but haven&apos;t cancelled)</title><url>https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/i-took-down-starlink-i-havent-cancelled</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geerlingguy</author><text>My biggest gripe is the fact I can&amp;#x27;t transfer it to my cousin, who lives on a farm with 300 Kbps DSL, 70 miles away.&lt;p&gt;Back when preorders started, it wasn&amp;#x27;t obvious how slow Starlink would be to expand, and it also wasn&amp;#x27;t obvious transfers wouldn&amp;#x27;t be a supported feature for many months.&lt;p&gt;Even so, my cousin also signed up in hopes to get Starlink, and 11 months later her date was moved from &amp;#x27;late 2021&amp;#x27; to &amp;#x27;late 2022&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;And yes, I&amp;#x27;ve tried many address hacks to see if I could get my dish moved there, none have worked.&lt;p&gt;They shouldn&amp;#x27;t have dropped the &amp;#x27;beta&amp;#x27; moniker last year if the service is truly so far from its final state (IMO).</text></item><item><author>fastaguy88</author><text>I get it.  If you already have internet, then Starlink is not for you.  There are lots of questionable design choices (particularly in version 2), it&amp;#x27;s picky about placement, etc. etc.&lt;p&gt;But if your other choice is HughesNet or its competitors, that throttles you after 15 GB (2 days of non-streaming usage for me), or 50 GB, the Starlink &amp;quot;shortcomings&amp;quot; are irrelevant.  With Starlink, if you can get it, and if you can site it without blockages, you have &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; internet.  Reasonable speeds and no caps&amp;#x2F;throttling.&lt;p&gt;The massive over-subscription (presumably by people who have no functional alternative) suggests it serves a need.&lt;p&gt;Just not a need for people who have a non-DSL wired alternative, like Jeff Geerling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anarazel</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s within the feasible distance for a point to point wireless bridge. If geography permits - which is not that likely. Not cheap, but might be better than alternatives.</text></comment>