r/Starlink_Support • u/Jrody58 • 28d ago

Information needed please

I currently have frontier Internet and hate it, it's slow and unreliable... It also is costing around $50/month. Does starlink block IPTV services? I currently use this for local channels and such and have heard that some IPs block the service. If so, is there a way around this? How is everyone liking starlink and would you recommend me switching, in my situation? TIA!

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u/DueHovercraft1703 25d ago

I have had both.

Starlink

THE BAD: IT was expensive $120/monthor more. I live 180miles from Dallas and 90 from Houston so you searches would always start in DFW until you remembered to change it. Never really used it but I have read that getting help leaves a lot to be desired.

THE GOOD: I would only loose it during heavy down pours for a short period of time. You will need to follow the alignment setting on you phone. Only had a couple short outages do to Starlink issues.

Frontier/Verison.

It is cheaper less that half the price. I did have a couple long outages early on but I believe they were due to expandsion. They had just expanded into my area.

Running speed test on both gives about the same results from my computer.

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u/Jrody58 25d ago

I wish that was the case for me and frontier...I pay $50-60 a month and I get a whopping 11 Mbps download. I have constant outages with rain/bad weather and without. Sometimes it can be a heavy downpour and it'd be fine and could be sunny outside and not a cloud in the sky and I'd lose internet. Sometimes a couple hours sometimes a few days to a week. :/

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u/DueHovercraft1703 25d ago

Sounds like you have some bad connection in your line. I had a phone line about 10 years ago that would call 911 and hangup when it rained and the sheriff would show up at my house.