I live in a pretty rural area in italy, and starlink is by far the best ISP I've tried. I get consistently 300Mbit+ down and 30Mbit+ up, ping is about the same as copper wires (20-30ms ish to geographically close places).

It works basically all the time, the only times it stops working is when there is a lot of raining, but even this is manageable especially compared to when "traditional" ISPs have their issues which last for days.

Sometimes you see a small packet dropped here and there, but again, compared to traditional ISPs this is fine.

I wouldn't recommend it if you have fiber, because naturally you can get higher speeds and lower pings, but not all places have fiber yet, especially in italy.

I've been using it consistently for the last 2 years; according to the website I ordered the dish on march 18th, but it probably arrived early April if I remember correctly.

If you have any specific questions feel free to ask!

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Imagine inviting Elon into your home 24/7.

To be clear, I'm not the biggest Elon Musk fan, yes he has done good things, but I think he's a phony and doesn't believe half of the things he says and most of what he claims are empty promises and PR speech.

But to address your comment more directly, is there a difference between Starlink and say Vodafone when it comes to "inviting them into your home"? They're all gonna do the same packet-level tracking, they all have the capability to monitor your internet traffic at the packet level, and they all pose similar risks when it comes to privacy. Whether it's Starlink, Vodafone, or any other ISP, the reality is that they can track your online activity, collect data, and potentially share it with third parties, including governments or advertisers.

You shouldn’t trust any ISP blindly, always protect yourself in other ways!

Sure maybe I'm inviting "Elon" into my home 24/7, but to me there's no difference between inviting Swiss Government (Vodafone), Pietro Labriola (TIM) or Elon Musk (Starlink)

When you zoom out and look at Elon you realize he’s the worst of the worst. He’s a very high IQ handicapped person. Maybe that makes me cruel for trashing on a handicap person he he’s an immature racist misogynist and those are qualities in a person I can’t overlook.

Amazing. Thanks for the run down, super helpful.