No wonder! In the recent hurricane, Starlink was the only thing that connected us to the world. Phones were down— landlines were down as well as cell towers— and cable and therefore cable and phone-based internet. People were cut off for weeks, unless they had Starlink and a generator. Then you were just fine.
One of the best things we had was a mobile Starlink attached to a brush truck. People could come up to the fire station and use the wireless network it projected, and we could take it out to the backcountry to help distant families let their loved ones know that they were safe.
I’m a big fan. They really came through when needed.
2 comments:
Good for those who need it. My ISP charges me $25 a month, so I have no need to change.
My experience of Hughesnet was some 20 years ago when it was the only (marginally) faster option to DSL in some areas. But I read lots of reports from North Carolina, mostly from Hams, who reported that Hughesnet in it's current 100mbps iteration was up, fast, and reliable. after the hurricane. So Starlink is not the only option for satellite internet -- although if you can get it, it is probably faster, and it has portable/mobile/battery-power options that I suspect aren't feasible with Hughesnet.
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