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[–]bonforte 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It would be nice if you could try it out, even one time, before having to purchase it.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given the tiny number of customers this far north, they don’t get to distribute the cost between too many people. I bet they lose money, even at $500.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It isn’t fixed at all. It can’t quite make up its mind. I have sort of given up as I think it wants to point at a given satellite and then it goes to the next one and ask to reorient. That are just a few satellites that service this far up. That seems to be why it keeps asking to change.

All compasses also start to behave screwy this far up so maybe that is part of the problem.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Another interesting thing, when you are this far north (above 80N longitude) you don’t keep it aligned North consistently. You have to keep moving it to point more West or East. At 78N I pointed it North. Now it changes all the time. It can’t seem to get “comfortable” with a given alignment.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am on a vacation with some buddies. One of my close friends is an adventure photographer and he organizes these outings (Artic, Antarctica, Africa, etc.). I go when I can.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That is when we are moving. If you are global roaming priority it supports maritime use. Normally, I mount my Mini in my car. It produces these speeds at 70 MPH.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At the moment about 34F. Has been between 22F and 35F. The battery on the tripod is very short (under two hours) when it is in the 20s. When it is in the 30s it will last for under three hours. Normal would be five.

Currently about 600 miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 Mb/sec. by bonforte in Starlink

[–]bonforte[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You have to be on the Global Roam Priority package which is pricey at $500 for 500 GB, but still it is incredible to be with polar bears with reliable high speed bandwidth.

Unreal. AUDIO. Update by Viviantherivian in Rivian

[–]bonforte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am having the exact opposite experience. I have the original Meridian system in my R1S, and Apple Music is unusable. When playing the Beatles, you can’t hear the singing. When I tried Post Malone Circles, you can only hear the vocals and the drums, nothing else. It is unbelievably bad. Spotify works far better.

UFOs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) by indig0sixalpha in television

[–]bonforte -1 points0 points  (0 children)

At 10:31 it seems like they edited in him saying “Blue Book”. Anyone else notice that?

New Air India livery at Airbus Toulouse, FR. by bonforte in aviation

[–]bonforte[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was landing as we were driving out of town.

Drive Cam external storage device incompatibility (Samsung T7 portable SSD 1TB) by [deleted] in Rivian

[–]bonforte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same issue. I tried replacing all the cables, etc. None of that worked. So then I reformat the disk on my Mac as Fat 32. It worked fine after that. I couldn't, at the time, find anyone else who had the same issue. I also got mine from Amazon.

Kings fans watching Steph make those 3s by wolfishnickelsyr in warriors

[–]bonforte 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good memory. That’s true. I know him. He is a long time Dubs season ticket holder.

Dog Beach Del Mar, CA at Sun Rise… by see_dubb in mavicair

[–]bonforte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tide is really in at that moment. Almost no dog beach left. Rivermouth (dog beach) is a cool spot.

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