AndieMac
Well-Known Member
Here is another that moves his between his boat and RV……
“I have to say i have been impressed with the starlink system. It just seems to work. I set everything up temp.I duck taped the antenna to the roof and have the wireless router under a cover on the flybridge. Using zoom and wireless calling plus watching movies and reading forums and i am not even aiming this thing half the time. The boat rolls around the anchor and everything just works. I have a arlo camera system on board and family members enjoy following me and only once on the last trip i got a call that they couldnt see the cameras. It turned out the gfi breaker i plugged the thing into tripped. Reset the breaker and cameras were back online.
Even though we as boaters enjoy the luxury of streaming from the boats i think about the impact this is going to have on so many lives. There are so many people in our country who do not have access to the internet. This system allows virtually anyone in the country to get mail and services that are mostly only online. I am grateful that we have these entrepreneurs and dreamers. Who would have ever thought sending hundreds of satellites into space and provide this level of service at the price point they have established. If i was told this even 5 years ago i would have thought they were nuts.
I will be running the rv south when the weather changes so i am leaving the install temp and will take the system with me in the rv. In the spring i will make it permanent on the boat. One thing i will need to figure out is how to keep the antenna mounted on the boat and purchase a second antenna for the rv. I am not sure if i need two accounts and suspend one while activating the other or is the account info stored in the router or the antenna?”
“I have to say i have been impressed with the starlink system. It just seems to work. I set everything up temp.I duck taped the antenna to the roof and have the wireless router under a cover on the flybridge. Using zoom and wireless calling plus watching movies and reading forums and i am not even aiming this thing half the time. The boat rolls around the anchor and everything just works. I have a arlo camera system on board and family members enjoy following me and only once on the last trip i got a call that they couldnt see the cameras. It turned out the gfi breaker i plugged the thing into tripped. Reset the breaker and cameras were back online.
Even though we as boaters enjoy the luxury of streaming from the boats i think about the impact this is going to have on so many lives. There are so many people in our country who do not have access to the internet. This system allows virtually anyone in the country to get mail and services that are mostly only online. I am grateful that we have these entrepreneurs and dreamers. Who would have ever thought sending hundreds of satellites into space and provide this level of service at the price point they have established. If i was told this even 5 years ago i would have thought they were nuts.
I will be running the rv south when the weather changes so i am leaving the install temp and will take the system with me in the rv. In the spring i will make it permanent on the boat. One thing i will need to figure out is how to keep the antenna mounted on the boat and purchase a second antenna for the rv. I am not sure if i need two accounts and suspend one while activating the other or is the account info stored in the router or the antenna?”
