I was really wondering about whether affecting the signal, that is disappointing as hell to learn. Thanks
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Spacebar@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
My internet where I live is through cable and it’s terrible. Bad. Outtages all of the time. Down for days at times. So I switched to starlink. It’s fine. Works great EXCEPT WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY.
Heavy rain blocks the signal. Elon Musk owns it.
Now, I have a t-mobile hotspot. It’s only $50 per month as opposed to the $110 for Starlink.
If you have no other decent option, Starlink is amazing. If you have other options, don’t give Musk your money.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Interesting, I had satellite Internet through explorer and only the heaviest of blizzards would cut access to the internet. Had an uptime of probably 99% through the year. Wonder why satellites further away wouldn’t have a problem with rain but starlink ones do.
randombullet@feddit.de 1 year ago
Different wave lengths.
Shorter wave lengths are more affected by rain.
Bobert@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I would hazard a guess that they were running a geostationary setup rather than Starlinks LEO approach.