Genuine question: Why do you need to rely on starlink or wonder about T-mobile in Spain? Unless one lives in the middoe of nowhere, there’s a wide range of ISP’s which cover most of the territory and offer high-speed service over fibre. If you don’t want to give your money to the big providers, Digi has expanded immensely as of late and they’re quite cheap. Sorry if that came off as nosey, you probably had to choose starlink for a good reason and already know about ISP’s in Spain
I have a dream of living full-time aboard a sailboat and sailing around the world, so I was excited about Starlink for the prospect of being able to get Internet access in the middle of the ocean. That was before Musk went completely off the fascist deep end, though; now I’m really hoping for a competitor to spring up before I get to my boat phase.
Oh, I get it now! Yeah, unfortunately internet coverage from providers gets easily messed up even in the border with Portugal, and despite roaming being free, one may end up off the grid inadvertently, so it must be a lot more complicated in the middle of the sea. Wish I could help
My father-in-law has it contracted, he lives just a few minutes from here, and he always has a bad connection, with interruptions. He gets less than 5mb of download speed and practically nothing for upload. And don’t even get me started on the latency.
I want an alternative, i am tired of giving money to musk…
T-Mobile just launched a competitor service yesterday.And, very quickly retracting that. Their service piggybacks off of Starlink. I misremembered the original article I read.
T-Mobile doesn’t exist in Spain, right?
Genuine question: Why do you need to rely on starlink or wonder about T-mobile in Spain? Unless one lives in the middoe of nowhere, there’s a wide range of ISP’s which cover most of the territory and offer high-speed service over fibre. If you don’t want to give your money to the big providers, Digi has expanded immensely as of late and they’re quite cheap. Sorry if that came off as nosey, you probably had to choose starlink for a good reason and already know about ISP’s in Spain
I have a dream of living full-time aboard a sailboat and sailing around the world, so I was excited about Starlink for the prospect of being able to get Internet access in the middle of the ocean. That was before Musk went completely off the fascist deep end, though; now I’m really hoping for a competitor to spring up before I get to my boat phase.
I heard Amazon wants to enter the market. I’m not sure that would be any better from an ethics standpoint but it’s something.
True, that’s exactly like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea (╯°□°)╯
Oh, I get it now! Yeah, unfortunately internet coverage from providers gets easily messed up even in the border with Portugal, and despite roaming being free, one may end up off the grid inadvertently, so it must be a lot more complicated in the middle of the sea. Wish I could help
I live in the middle of nowhere haha.
Many people use StarLink because they’re not stationary.
There is Eutelsat, but I’m not sure if they offer residential coverage. And EU is working on expansion.
Yeah, im waiting for OneWeb. There is not residential coverage right now.
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Look at Wisp providers
They are really bad, i need good internet because i work from home (and for other things).
It depends
They aren’t all bad. Modern 60Ghz is pretty solid especially if you aren’t crossing a big distance.
My father-in-law has it contracted, he lives just a few minutes from here, and he always has a bad connection, with interruptions. He gets less than 5mb of download speed and practically nothing for upload. And don’t even get me started on the latency.
You can easily do gigabit speeds if the provider has at least semi modern hardware. It sounds like they are running 20 year old equipment.
https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/
I am in Spain, that website is not useful for me.
Well that makes it harder
However, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a Spanish equivalent.
I’m going to do my best with a Peplink Duo Max with tmobile and AT&T. My phone with Verizon will be my backup.