Starlink 4+

I’m an IT admin and I’m floored. I came to set this satellite service up for a family who lives a rural, desert location and I expected it to be a slight improvement over their existing satellite internet provider who I CONSTANTLY heard complaints about but I couldn’t do anything (I’m not an ISP and the cable and phone companies won’t drop service here). They finally got into this Starlink program and now I want it! The transparency, simplicity, and the SERVICE are GREAT! This should be what the other ISP’s are copying because I want visibility to know when my home’s last network outage occurred and the duration. Instead of guessing network speeds, they provide the testing tools right instead the app. It’s great!

Since I am an IT Admin, I will say that I wish there were some MORE router configuration options available (like guest wireless, child safety tools, etc.) but NONE of that is a priority over the current tools that Starlink has provided here. Those are only things that could bog services and hardware down over time, so I’ll gladly take this setup and hope that they keep their foot on the pedal to become the next big ISP!

Elon Musk you have truly made the world happy I know for one thing that you have given me actual hope of having good internet. Relying off of phone lines for internet and only getting downloads speeds of 1-3mbps if even that on one device is truly and disappointment and seeing how the fiber optic internet situation we are having in my are with them going down half my road and stoping and coming from the other side of my road only the the edge causes some serious lag. For example, call of duty games have always been my favorite and now that internet requires faster speeds to function anymore has caused me to ultimately slow down on gaming almost to where I never wanna play anymore. And Starlink has given me enough hope to rekindle my love for gaming. With this I also plan to build my first Pc and join a new community of gamers after being an xbox fan for so long. Thank you and please never stop innovating you are truly the best man on earth with a wonderful purpose in life.

The Starlink’s App is excellent. It allows for easy set-up of Starlink and of your WiFi user name / password. It’s interface is simple, attractive and functional, allowing you to check your network locally or from thousands of miles away. Features include network statistics, speed check, on-line status, dish obstructions, control of the 2.4 and 5Ghz networks, remote reboot and more. This also allows you to turn on and off heat mode (snow melting) in the satellite dish, which is useful if you’re running off battery / solar to reduce current draw. I’ve been using Starlink for about six months and this App has always been stable and continues to improve. A guest network for the Starlink router would be great, but I just use a second router for this. I think Starlink’s goal has been to make this interface stupid simple and it is! Excellent work by the developer!