Might be of interest for the rural folk out there.
For a limited time, get your Starlink kit for over 75% off in select areas of rural Australia + New Zealand.
RURAL LIMITED TIME OFFER
$199 FOR HARDWARE ($924 RRP)
No contracts, 30-day trial.
Shipping times are currently estimated to be 1-2 weeks.
$139/mo for service and $199 for hardware (rural) or $599 for hardware in the rest of Australia, and possibly $30 delivery fee.
1 Month of free service for referrer and referee.
Just pop in your address and the Starlink site will tell you if you qualify. You need to activate it at the location you get it sent to but after that you can change plan to roaming and move.
Same monthly cost?
Roaming is an additional monthly cost by about $10 to $15.
Dying for more feedback!
It could be fast in theory but then Albo sends it thru the Politicsfilter in Melbourne and hence it becomes slow as honey.
Pretty good service. My parents can only get fixed wireless NBN, which would be fine in theory since it's capable of 90mbps but speeds during peak times drop to around 8mbps and 500ms ping. Tried 6 ISPs, best we could get it up to was 15mbps which for all we know could have been a slightly quieter week.
Starlink goes in and it's 200mbps dropping to 180mbps in peak, stable ping around the 90-110ms mark.
Wow…way better than my capital city wired connection.
If only somebody would build a fast data network, perhaps using something like optical fiber to connect direct to every home/business….
Next you'll be wanting affordable electricity in a country with enough energy resources for a millennia or three.
I've also just realised that Starlink is available at Officeworks.
They seem to be price matching at $199.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/starlink-h…
Yes, i just noticed this on their website also!
It seems to be the same price for metro as it is normally only rural. That's nuts.
Yes, and you avoid the $30 delivery! I have heard though that they have no stock.
My starlink arrived today
250-300mbs and <50 ping to sydney from Tas
Only negative is that they are slower to send out attachments
I cant roof mount nor can I plug into our router yet
I did two installs on Sunday in Gippsland, VIC (they were neighbours) and here are two-speed tests. First Test and Second Test.
For people who have no other options, it is a great solution. These users were on ADSL2 since NBN Satellite was awful for them.
Musk is in bed with Telstra, so there's a chance all the good reasons to jump may be short lived. Speed,DL limits,cost,reliability,support etc.
Buyer beware. Do your own homework.
Popularity = congestion. USA found that out. France had data caps at some point
If your only alternative is skymuster then this is a no-brainer.
Aagh skymuster. A lemon about to become a white elephant. Thank you taxpayer
Do what I did, and get a Parcel locker at a rural PO or LPO. Starlink happy are to ship there. I used to live in Canberra but are now nomading, we had our Starlink delivered to Harden NSW.