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Prior to Starlink, in 2016/17 I built this in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. Took me about 5 months to figure out. A cheap solar panel, a couple car batteries in a tool box, and microwave about 200 yds to receivers in n the house. Tried fiber lines etc…and always had power issues. Linked up to a cell tower about 19 miles away, and got ~15 mbps down. Never any downtime in 5 years.

Then Starlink showed up and I plugged it in, kinda sorta pointed a dish up, and had 140 mbps down in like 3 minutes. Still amazed several years later.

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CraigTheSpaceBum 1y ago

Why a microwave tho?

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Will Cole 1y ago

I tried running fiber but I kept having power issues. I’m not expert but it ended up being way simpler given the challenges to the build.

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CraigTheSpaceBum 1y ago

Interesting

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