Who has Starlink in Canada? (1.Viewing)

If you already have fibre, I really don’t see any benefit in switching.

mcm said:

If you already have fibre, I really don’t see any benefit in switching.

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Yeah, my thoughts too, but if you live in the boonies, Starlink is a godsend.

I'm waiting for Starlink on my phone too, I think all the cell towers days are numbered. All the fine cable Bell is laying down, all that crap is going to be obsolete.

I currently designing a new house and it doesn't even have light switches anymore, just a transistor at the top and it communicates with a mobile switch you can place anywhere. I got tired looking at houses with cat5 cabling, built in sound systems and obsolete stuff.

In the new house I will be looking only at Starlink or similar.

While I agree there's no need to wire every room of the house with cat5 and coax, I think it's premature to completely rule it out.

Starlink is slow compared to cable and cable is slower compared to fiber. So a starlink subscription might be a good backup, but not primary.

Consider wiring some cat6 or better just to be safe, in particular from wherever your main internet will come in, to areas on the far sides of the house and other floors, home theater, etc... where you can place mesh routers. Oh, and the garage too and the back yard/outdoor entertainment areas. Using Ethernet cables to hardwire these nodes together, a process called ethernet backhaul can significantly improve performance by providing a faster, more stable, and reliable connection.