Funny thing, I looked into this not too long ago -
Thanks Squiffy. I was referring to Starlink though!Funny thing, I looked into this not too long ago -
- Go to tv.youtube.com on a web browser.
- Select your profile photo
.
- Go to Settings
Membership
- Click Manage.
- Use the slider to choose how many weeks you would like to pause your membership.
- Click Pause.
Yeah I've got 400 down/200 up simply because I don't need 1000 down/~900 up.
Lol... after being in the internet dark ages, this is pretty damn good. I have great internet at the beach house, but here in Monticello, it was abysmal. I haven't had any delays or buffering or really anything that seems like faster is even better/possible. What does 1000 down even do? What am I missing out on?
I had DSL when I first moved here, got bonded DSL, so faster than yours, but still pretty limiting. Had Dish too. So, when we got fiber in town, I got rid of Dish ($145 month). We already had Netflix and Amazon Prime. Added in HULU Live because it had the best mix of stations for our family. That gives you ESPN+ and Disney+, with all of HULUs library too. The price has gone up consistently, but still end up paying less than what I was paying for Dish with now 7 streaming networks (Apple TV, HULU Live, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Peacock, and Kanopy-Free from our library. All that adds up significantly less than Dish. They can all be stopped and started monthly, which is nice if you want to take a break or go on vacation or even a TV vacation. More content than a 1000 people could consume. Very little bugs on all those. Occasionally have to reboot for HULU, but that is maybe once a month.
but he can take his 200 down and 40 up on vacation!
You may not be missing out on anything. Just because gigabit speeds are offered doesn't necessarily mean you need it. You should calculate the highest possible data demand that you will need at a single instance in time. If your ISP provides those speeds then you will never have an issue. The majority of the time you likely will not hit that limit.
200 down 40 up is more than adequate for all but the most demanding needs. the more important aspect IMO is that connection being unlimited. you can stream 4K to your hearts content with 200 down.
I don't disagree. I was speaking more broadly, as I assume OP doesn't stream and game on Twitch or have multiple housemates who have multiple devices connected that take up a ton of resource.
we'd be losing our minds if we were Japanese! they have been doing 8K while we are still getting our feet wet with 4K! 😜
He'd have to take his Starlink antenna with him. Where do you put that in your hotel room?
wouldn't exactly need it there! useful though if you air bnb somewhere out in the wilderness and you mix remote work and vacation.
I had gigabit service a few years back when I first moved to the area - AT&T Fiber because that was the only one offered at my apartment complex. Speed test from when I had it:
I have Spectrum as well because it's more than enough bandwidth and it's only $35/month fixed rate. AT&T tried to get me to keep their fiber service by basically cutting their price in half. It was a pretty good deal. I would have gotten fiber for $50/month. Problem was the rate wasn't fixed and they said I would have to call and ask for the price to be reduced every 6 months to keep that price. I told them they should give me one consistent price at $50/month and they declined. What am I to them? I went to Spectrum out of principle.
if you can pull cat6 between your mesh points that would solve a lot of the signal problems by having a wired backhaul. the google wifi routers are pretty limited especially if you have a lot of wireless devices. it doesn't take much to overwhelm them.
Cat6 is a an actual wire, right? That won't work unfortunately.
the best, ubiquiti unifi but that is a commercial grade device. absolutely awesome when setup but not simple.
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How the heck did you put your name on list in May and gave it now. I have given my $99.00 well over year and a half. No update no information just radio silence and me trying to decide if I want to get my deposit back. I guess I'll just let it ride as I have heard horror stories of potential customers checking on status of Starlink and being pushed to the back of the line.
I have been where you are brother. I know it is frustrating, waiting. I had no other options but to wait. Where are you located?
it may just be down to your location not being fully meshed yet by starlink. the satellite grid is constantly being expanded, the wait sucks but there is progress. they're moving a lot faster than google fiber! lol
How do you have spectrum 400 down @ $35/m? I only have internet and a land line for 105/m.
A few days ago, this same problem came up. Rebooted the spectrum device (I always unplug the Google device too) and was at 400down. This was 3 days ago.
