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[dee.jay]

I guess this counts as mobile broadband as there are no fixed cables between myself and the internet?

Anyway, my kit arrived this afternoon, and initial results are: -

https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/5621423637

Dishy is just sat in my garden right now, so not the most optimal test but it's a promising start.

[meritez]

Decent speeds there

[dee.jay]

Yes - was pulling over 320Mbps during some downloads.

Now need to get it up on the roof and wired into my network.

[XGS_Is_On]

Good stuff! It's never going to replace fibre for everyone but for most folks LEO, MEO and 5G are all viable solutions.

[dee.jay]

Yes - I will keep the FTTC going for now (have to really - that particular line that is left is on a 6 month term until July). I am exploring other avenues though...

However for big downloads I am most pleased to be able to now seriously get beyond FTTC 80...

[spudgun]

What is it like for Teams/Zoom calls - does the latency/jitter cause any issues?

[Alex Atkin UK]

What is it like for Teams/Zoom calls - does the latency/jitter cause any issues?

I'd imagine it depends on the weather.

[dee.jay]

What is it like for Teams/Zoom calls - does the latency/jitter cause any issues?

Worked fine on the initial tests I did.

More conclusive testing to come once it’s up. Currently now tucked away.

[dee.jay]

OK so I have some major gremlins on my internal network and I still have a home worker, so have had to deploy dishy in the garden.

Feedback I've had is that it works perfectly for remote work, Zoom/Teams etc works just fine on it.

Overall I'm really impressed with how slick it all is. Plonk the dish down, power it on, 5 minutes later, internets. Easy peasy.

[kitz]

Feedback I've had is that it works perfectly for remote work, Zoom/Teams etc works just fine on it.

I'm aware that conditions can be variable, but out of curiosity could you provide a tracert to the bbc.

I obviously don't ever expect to see the 10-20ms hops like with fixed broadband, but it would be nice to see some baseline compares to a familiar location. 
We've probably all heard of some of the 1000ms delay stories with the older type satellite services so it would be nice to see if the lower orbit does make it a more viable service choice.

[dee.jay]

Yes, sure. Finally having it mounted on the house next week so it will then be added to the dee.jay internal network via Ethernet adapter.

Any tests anyone would like me to run, please ask here and I will supply when it is all up and running

[dee.jay]

Dishy is now on the roof.

225 down is the best I’ve seen so far.

Now in bypass mode and routed by opnSense.

[dee.jay]

I'm aware that conditions can be variable, but out of curiosity could you provide a tracert to the bbc.

I obviously don't ever expect to see the 10-20ms hops like with fixed broadband, but it would be nice to see some baseline compares to a familiar location. 
We've probably all heard of some of the 1000ms delay stories with the older type satellite services so it would be nice to see if the lower orbit does make it a more viable service choice.

Just realised I never answered this request:

From Starlink: -

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Tracing route to gtm-uk.www.bbc.co.uk.pri.bbc.co.uk [212.58.237.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  pfSense.home.arpa [172.22.15.1]
  2    58 ms    46 ms    50 ms  100.64.0.1
  3    64 ms    42 ms    54 ms  172.16.248.40
  4    34 ms    32 ms    34 ms  149.19.108.153
  5    33 ms    46 ms    39 ms  ldn-b3-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.37.22]
  6    40 ms    33 ms    52 ms  atos-ic-315186.ip.twelve99-cust.net [62.115.144.161]
  7    51 ms    83 ms    44 ms  132.185.248.50
  8    35 ms    34 ms    49 ms  132.185.254.160
  9    41 ms    45 ms    39 ms  132.185.254.6
 10    38 ms    39 ms    31 ms  132.185.249.67
 11    34 ms    38 ms    52 ms  132.185.249.94
 12    35 ms    47 ms    50 ms  212.58.237.1
Then immediately after, on same machine, using same WiFi (but different VLAN)

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Tracing route to gtm-uk.www.bbc.co.uk.pri.bbc.co.uk [212.58.235.129]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  172.22.13.1
  2    17 ms    15 ms    16 ms  3.d.gormless.thn.aa.net.uk [90.155.53.211]
  3    15 ms    15 ms    17 ms  k-aimless.thn.aa.net.uk [90.155.53.101]
  4    35 ms    28 ms    17 ms  bbc-linx.pr01.thdow.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.103]
  5    15 ms    16 ms    15 ms  132.185.254.160
  6    39 ms    48 ms    16 ms  132.185.254.2
  7    20 ms    18 ms    18 ms  ae1.pr01.eqsl.bbc.co.uk [132.185.249.13]
  8    19 ms    21 ms    18 ms  132.185.249.73
  9    18 ms    16 ms    17 ms  212.58.235.129

Trace complete.
Just for completeness I guess..

fast.com @ SL = 140Mbps just now
fast.com @ AA = 59Mbps

But AAISP reaches 59Mbps way quicker than SL reaches 140, that latency matters, but it's quick enough for it to not matter so much for streaming and downloads. Downloads do vary though. Am hoping to utilise load balancing so can at least sustain 100Mbps regularly, and burst to 200-250.

[kitz]

Thank you.  35-50ms is quite respectable. 
Far better than the satellite links of old.

[dee.jay]

Have to admit it is very usable, my wife now exclusively uses it and says it's great.