Just got email that mine is ready and shipping within 2 weeks.

Hallettsville. Ordered last February/March; original delivery of late 2021; revised to early 2022.

Several people i know and i just got our emails. South of San Antonio. Hold onto your butts.

Mine arrived today and I'm using it now. They shipped it way faster than they estimated when I signed up.

Once you place the order for the dish, order the accessories you need now - the permanent mount you will use and router adapter if you will use a separate router. Mine isn't shipping until March because stuff is back ordered.

Ya got mine for in laws place at goliad tonight, says 2 weeks. Got the att wireless internet at end of December so my son is upgrading to starlink from his 3mb wisp.
At least will have network when i end up down there.

Do you need a router adapter to link with an Orbi?

Think can run orbi in access point mode

Post your dates so everyone else knows what to expect!

Order date
Original estimate
New estimate
Actual date
Location too

The new Starlink modem does t have an Ethernet port to attach a router to. You either need to buy their adapter or use a Wi-Fi extender style device.

Getting excited. Been waiting for this service since it was initially rumored 5 years ago. Account says availability in March, hopefully that holds.

CowtownAg06 said:

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Do you need a router adapter to link with an Orbi?

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As mentioned above there are no ports on the router. I run a mesh network so I need the adapter.

The Starlink router itself is actually really nice looking. It will end up in my networking closet but if you leave it out it's not an eyesore.

Order date: 2/23/2021
Original estimate: mid to late 2021
New estimate: February 2022
Actual date: 2/3/2022
Shipped: 2/4/2022
Arrived (scheduled): 2/7/2022
Location too: Rural - south of San Antonio

Ya did not realize the square does not have Ethernet. I actually run my wan side on a VLan so just putting a ssid for the wan on the ubiquity and pf sense not that big of deal here.

Colorado County, TX

Deposit February 8 2021
Original estimate second half 2021
Revised February 2022
Ordered February 3

1.5 hr drive west of Houston

Deposit February 10 2021
Original estimate late '21
Revised Jan 2022
Ordered Jan 2021

200-300 Mbps and working like a champ

What's the ping/jitter/loss like on the speed tests?

El_duderino said:

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What's the ping/jitter/loss like on the speed tests?

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This post has a packet test with ping, jitter, etc.
https://texags.com/forums/30/topics/3156009/replies/61384824

Maybe you were looking to add more from the new users? Just posting in case you missed it.

Lee county Texas

Just got the order confirmed.

Deposit back in Feb 2021.

Should have dish in about a week I suppose.

Space Internet! Suck it, losers! Got my confirmation email today. Preordered on day 1.

Just south of Navasota, Whitehall area.

These posts are getting me excited for my "mid 2022" delivery date for a day 1 preorder. Had a friend get his order approval in Brownwood too.

Same here. Lots of folks around me getting it and I'm hoping for Mid 22 to flip to any day now.

Got my confirmation last night. Ships today. Signed up the day after I got the initial invite last Feb.

Bell County, TX

I forget when we signed my folks up for the invite/service last year, but it was within the week it was all announced. They received their package last week, and officially have it up and running. They live in rural West Texas so this is literally their first legit internet service above and beyond what they've been getting from a spotty Verizon hotspot. They are pulling on average 200+ download speeds with Starlink.

After we signed them up, we never heard anything for the longest time, and then eventually the package showed up, so for those waiting and hoping keep it up, it looks like you aren't waiting in vain!

Following ….

Uh oh!!

Don't Look Up!

Is the main draw of this those that live where quality internet isn't readily available?

htxag09 said:

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Is the main draw of this those that live where quality internet isn't readily available?

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That's a big part of it. I sent my invitation to my brother who lives in a rural area. He runs out of bandwidth on his satellite internet and then cellular hotspot every month. That **** would drive me crazy!

Even for those of us that have good internet at home already, the possibility of having wifi coverage everywhere is very intriguing. I work in a rural area and it's often impossible to do anything more than make voice calls on my phone, because Verizon has had the same ****ty cell service out here for 20+ years and they have the best coverage of any carrier. Having wifi access on my phone virtually everywhere would be great.

ah, I didn't realize the wifi everywhere was a part of it. I did look at the site but didn't see a whole lot of info, granted I didn't really dig.

So is it a cellular plan, too? Or would you have a hot spot? How does that aspect work?

htxag09 said:

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ah, I didn't realize the wifi everywhere was a part of it. I did look at the site but didn't see a whole lot of info, granted I didn't really dig.

So is it a cellular plan, too? Or would you have a hot spot? How does that aspect work?

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I'm assuming it will be available directly to cell phones, but I could be wrong about that part. It'll definitely allow us to set up wifi points on our job sites and easily move them from site to site.

I don't think you can move them around now - I think that's a later feature. Right now it's tied to your location.

My neighbor registered two addresses - one home and one work. His work got picked first and he set it up at home. It kind of worked because his work wasn't that far away but it wasn't consistent. Once he got the invite for the home address he move the equipment registration and it's working fine.

Fairview said:

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I don't think you can move them around now - I think that's a later feature. Right now it's tied to your location.

My neighbor registered two addresses - one home and one work. His work got picked first and he set it up at home. It kind of worked because his work wasn't that far away but it wasn't consistent. Once he got the invite for the home address he move the equipment registration and it's working fine.

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Yeah this is what I was assuming. I had mine delivered to my house (came Monday) but am using it 90 miles away at our camp house. As much as I wanted to hook it up and test it Monday, I did not because I figured they asked me for where I was needing service for a reason.

aggieforester05 said:

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my brother who lives in a rural area. He runs out of bandwidth on his satellite internet and then cellular hotspot every month.

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Your brother needs to get a hotspot that looks like a phone. I have been getting unlimited data that way for about a year an a half now. He can check out these threads...

https://texags.com/forums/30/topics/3271195/

https://texags.com/forums/30/topics/3026369/last

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I was "March 2022". So it was a month early for me.

My order is March 2022, where's my email!?

hph6203 said:

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My order is March 2022, where's my email!?

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There it is!

A month early is encouraging. I wonder what late 2022 actually means for me