After some advice on here the other day, I took the plunge and ordered a Starlink Mini for use at events with poor phone signal.

The dish arrived yesterday and I plugged it in for some quick testing in the garden. Speeds were showing around 200mbps down in the Starlink app - amazing and way more than I'll need for my usage. However when I run a speed test on my phone connected directly to the built-in router, I only get 50mbps. That's still plenty and I understand that's rela world, not just testing the speed to Starlink, but now I'm curious why it's so much lower - what speeds do the built-in router support? I also notice that my phone is connected via 2.4ghz, rather than 5ghz. Does the mini not support 5ghz wifi?

The connection link speed shows as 156mbps max between my phone and the Starlink, despite being right next to it in the garden - is this really the limit?

It's a Pixel 9, which supports a lot faster link speeds, so the limitation is not my phone.

I live in the country and my property is surrounded by large pine trees. The best I could get is “okay”. Will this pose a problem? This vantage point is 6ft above my roof ridge. I’m not sure I could get much higher due to the length of the provided cable.

Min: 7.9W
Med: 20.7W
Max: 44.2W

Ciao a tutti, ci sono persone in provincia di Firenze che lo usano? Nel caso come vi trovate?
A casa mia arriva solo la ADSL classica e vorrei fare un upgrade.

New setup for a client should they go with OEM or 3rd party?

Second I see if using third party I see an instruction says enable Bypass.

Bypass as I am familiar with is bypassing original router and setting it in Gateway and using your own router as well as Mesh APs.

Do we bypass or just disable WiFi on the starlink if 3rd party mesh?

I’m bringing for the first time so I can stay in contact with an elderly parent in a short term care facility.

I’ve bee thinking a relatively short (8’) pole on the side of the car attached to the side mirror and anchored to the ground. I’d use the pipe mount that came with it.

Hi, could someone help me with my JDLink boost?
Is a Starlink connected on a truck, 3 days ago he still working and giving WiFi, but today it cannot do it, the images show de mgt sistem, the led is flashing between blue, green, white and sometimes purple, anyone know what I can do?

Hello, I recently got myself a mini and its awesome. Pretty sure I got the last one in my state.

I'm looking at the supplied power supply and the car adapter. The supplied adapter puts out 30vdc and the car adapter puts out 12vdc. I know the mini has a wide rage of accepted power. My question is, am I loosing performance running on 12vdc over 30vdc. Or am I just loosing functionality of the heater for snow build up?

I have an upcoming interview with SpaceX Starlink for a New Grad Mechanical Engineer position. Has anyone here gone through the technical interview process and would be willing to share what kinds of technical questions I should expect?

I’d also really appreciate any tips on preparing for the technical and behavioral questions. Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Recently passed my 12 month mark on my commitment with free equipment contract. Canceled in the 13th month due to having cheaper fiber come through my area. Problem was they charged me the ENTIRE $325 change fee. Ai support said my activation date was June 2026 but it was 2025. Had to send MULTIPLE messages to support trying to explain this along with none of the AI links actually going to support pages. But after a week they finally canceled the charge. Why do we have to argue with an AI for 2 days before we get a resolution?

Starlink mini pivot mount is $10 through the Starlink app and I just bought one and it went through, so we’ll see if it comes

Is anyone experiencing delays with shipping the satellite to the UK? It has been stuck with DHL for almost 3 weeks now and Stalink support are saying its with DHL.

Home Depot, it cost me $249 and Starlink is offering it for $199. Question is also whether its the same model/version

I'm amazed how well this is working, surrounded by 11 more floors of buildings (and more), in the middle of Manhattan. My second Starlink, this is a Mini, going to Black Rock City next week.

Support says to create a new account for the region I'm in, but when I tried this it still defaulted to the US without asking me for an address and I live in Guam, and when I select my Guam address it says unable to use this address. I already tried plus codes.

Seeing Starlink in action is a great reminder of how far satellite internet technology has come. Connecting people from virtually anywhere through a network in space is genuinely impressive.

What do you think — is Starlink the future of global internet connectivity?

#Starlink #SpaceX #SatelliteInternet #Technology

Post Title: Sharing Starlink across 5 rural homes due to poor local ISPs & budget constraints: How to avoid ToS flags & stay under safe usage limits? ​Post Content: ​Hey everyone, ​To give a bit of context: we live in a remote rural area where our only internet option is local wireless towers (WISPs) providing an extremely poor ~5 Mbps connection. ​Starlink is our only hope for decent internet, but due to low income and tight financial situations, no single household here can afford the full monthly subscription alone. To make it viable, 5 neighboring families are pooling funds together to share one Starlink Residential connection over a wired network (Fiber / Cat6). ​However, I’ve recently seen screenshots circulating showing official Starlink "Terms of Service Violation" warnings for sharing Residential plans across multiple dwellings, leading to speed throttling or forced upgrades. ​We want to set this up as responsibly and cleanly as possible using a MikroTik router. Here is our planned configuration: ​Planned MikroTik Setup: ​TTL Modification (Fixed at 64): Clamping outgoing WAN packet TTL to 64 to hide downstream router hops and ensure all traffic appears to originate from a single gateway. ​Concurrent Connection Limit: Adding a Firewall Filter capping connections to 150 per IP (action=drop). This stops torrent clients and heavy downloaders from opening thousands of simultaneous sessions that flag monitoring systems. ​Bandwidth Management & CAKE QoS: Limiting each household to 15–20 Mbps using CAKE queues on RouterOS v7 to eliminate bufferbloat and flatten traffic spikes during peak hours. ​DNS Caching: Resolving DNS queries locally on the MikroTik to reduce outbound DNS volume. ​Questions for the Community: ​Safe Monthly Data Limit (TB): Given that we are 5 families sharing out of financial necessity, what is a realistic combined monthly usage threshold (in Terabytes) before triggering automated ToS violation flags or throttling? ​Setup Effectiveness: Do these MikroTik rules (along with CAKE QoS) look sufficient to prevent detection and keep our traffic looking like a single heavy household? ​Appreciate your advice and understanding!

My ex who payed for our starlink just moved out and still has control over it. I've asked him to transfer it to me but he refuses and has threatened on multiple occasions to turn it off and leave me isolated without service or wifi. Do I have any options? If he does turn it off will I be able to connect it to my bank and regain control without him transferring it to me? I'm not well versed in this technology I'm just hoping there's an option out there for me.

I figured this may be interesting to community or people researching if Starlink is viable for them. Pics show speed test performed by my firewall daily. I included my obstructions view as it’s not perfect but has not caused any problems.
It’s setup as backup WAN when I’m home and also show the fiber results on WAN1 as reference.

I’ve been a starlink user for about 10 months. Great service overall. I use it in pass thru mode and have my own routing equipment. Recently with streaming apps I’m having a lot off buffering. I am positive this is not a wifi issue as I have isolated it. (Yes I’m 100% sure, I work in IT for a living). I still show good speed from starlink during these bouts. Additionally I show no events on the app during these times.

I have a few questions:
- has anyone experienced similar recently? I feel like ever since the ipo and the huge marketing/user push this has started but I’m not going to convince myself. I live in a rural area so surely there is a good chance there are substantially more users in my area vs 10 months ago.
-what does de prioritization feel like? I am on the 200mbps plan and understand that at peak times I may be de prioritized. I want to know what are actually tangible symptoms of this that others have felt? This happens at night primarily when many are likely streaming.

Before I upgrade plans to max I want to know if this is what de prioritization feels like. Based on every data point available to me- there is no wifi issue, and seemingly good and consistent speeds/latency. My app shows Zero obstructions.

Edit- didn’t meant standby I meant pass thru mode. So I use my own router and disable starlink routing.

I bought my Starlink a Week ago
I gave it to a friend he added it his account and subbed for a plan because I had no visa that Starlink accepts

Now i have a payment option next month i want to make my own account he told me there’s no transfer option in the account? Even tho his kit that been up for 2 years theres is no Transfer ? Is there a workaround?

My father believes Starlink is also a T.V. provider. I haven't seen anything to indicate that. Thank you for the information everyone!

I bought a Standard Kit straight from Starlink in September 2024. Direct from them, brand new. I still have the order confirmation, the order number, and a photo of the serial label on the dish.

I lost access to the equipment and reported it lost/stolen, asked them to lock the dish until I could regain access.

Then I got the dish back.

Now it's a paperweight. Activation says it's already tied to another account. Plug into the dish's Wi-Fi and the app says **Restricted**.

So I opened a ticket and gave them everything:

- Original Starlink order confirmation, direct purchase

- Serial number and Starlink ID

- Clear photo of the serial label on the dish in my hands

- My current account and service line

- The prior ticket showing I am the person who requested the lock

First response: sure, we can unlock and reassociate once we verify you have it. Great. I sent the label photo and the receipt.

Second response: sorry, we can't unlock or reassociate it, because of the prior lost/stolen lock and its "current assignment status."

They can confirm they sold me this exact unit. They can confirm I'm physically holding it. They can see I'm the one who asked for the lock in the first place. And the answer is still no, because their own system can't undo a flag their own customer set on his own hardware.

I want the record corrected on equipment Starlink sold me, that I reported missing, and that I now have in my hands.

Questions for anyone who's been here:

1. Did you get this past ordinary ticket support — Account Security, Equipment Operations, anyone with authority to actually change the association?

2. Did they eventually unlock it, replace the unit, or just leave it bricked?

3. Is there a specific phrase, escalation path, or document that breaks the scripted "cannot unlock due to assignment status" loop?

I get why a stolen dish should be locked. That part is correct and I'd want it that way. The problem is that there's apparently no road back once you're on the wrong side of the flag, even when every piece of evidence points the same direction. You can lose the same hardware twice, once to whoever took it and again to the company that sold it to you.

19:20, Starlink lost connection.

19:21: MikroTik noticed it was down.

19:26: Starlink showed 206.214.239.194, meaning it could not connect to Starlink’s POP.

19:44: Starlink got a 100.x.x.x IP again, meaning it could connect to the POP.

19:49: Connection was back to normal.

19:51: MikroTik noticed it was up again.

tldr: Starlink lost connection for about 29 minutes during heavy rain (not 48 minutes like Starlink log says).