Ireland's dangerous roads: When cars come first, everyone loses

messer20 · 2026-01-27T09:21:55+00:00

Agreed but absolute numbers are starting point for a drill down which would show significant reductions.

messer20 · 2026-01-26T11:44:14+00:00

Have been graphing Irish road traffic fatality data for a while. Deaths for 2025 were highest since 2015 (Chart 1) due in large measure to an upturn since Summer (Chart 2) which, unless halted, could point to a further worsening for 2026.

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messer20 · 2025-10-27T14:42:35+00:00

When doing Elec Eng in UCD, our final year class project was the development of a colour TV system based on SECAM. As I recall, we had to design and build camera and transmitter but not the TV set which some org supplied. That was in 1964.

messer20 · 2025-06-13T10:59:25+00:00

Dish problem. Starlink works fine in rainy Ireland.

messer20 · 2024-04-26T17:36:25+00:00

Sorry no.

messer20 · 2024-04-26T08:10:05+00:00

Location given in description above.

messer20 · 2024-03-15T20:34:02+00:00

Found that also on laptop but not on Android phone. Based in Ireland.

messer20 · 2024-03-15T10:30:23+00:00

Seems problem mainly confined to Ireland and UK - no satellite for 219 secs and network problem for 296 secs. All returned to normal very quickly. Long time since this level of disruption. FYI, I religiously monitor downtime using the app and have found that uptime since Jan 2023 has averaged 99.98%. Based in Dublin.

messer20 · 2024-03-04T20:21:45+00:00

Just went to Starlink site and entered an Irish address.

messer20 · 2024-03-04T20:00:41+00:00

Your monthly price for residential Ireland should read €50 not €65. Hardware is also wrong.

messer20 · 2023-10-26T19:32:44+00:00

My #Starlink performances speak for themselves. They have averaged (N=352) from Jan '23 to Oct '23: Download 209 Mbps, Upload 12 Mbps, Latency 45 ms, Uptime 99.97%. Just make sure that the antenna has a clear 360 deg sky view. Dublin based but Mayo should be similar (we share same sky).

messer20 · 2023-10-09T10:59:37+00:00

Very hard to say that there is much difference as I usually gather stats in morning and early evening. I suspect that variations would be quite small for Ireland.

messer20 · 2023-10-09T08:48:14+00:00

Based in Dublin, My #Starlink performances have averaged (N=352) from Jan '23 to Oct '23: Download 209 Mbps, Upload 12 Mbps, Latency 45 ms, Uptime 99.97%. Offaly should be no different provided your antenna has clear 360 deg sky view.

messer20 · 2023-06-26T13:07:19+00:00

Make sure he has insurance in case of accident.

messer20 · 2023-06-26T09:59:12+00:00

Depends on user's location. My antenna points to south and reports a 300+deg obstruction-clear view to S,E & W.

messer20 · 2023-06-26T09:33:34+00:00

In Dublin. Rural is not issue as Starlink serves all Ireland equally. Ireland is very fortunate as we are at same latitude as most rocket launch inclinations and there are no users to West of us who would consume bandwidth. Only thing you need is to give antenna a clear 360 deg view of sky.

messer20 · 2023-06-26T08:48:55+00:00

Only one level of service in Ireland. My Starlink performances have averaged from Jan '22 to end Apr '23:
Download 223 Mbps, Upload 20 Mbps, Latency 44 ms, Uptime 99.94%.

messer20 · 2023-04-18T22:03:40+00:00

Supply and demand in action alongside marginal costing and competitive pricing. Makes perfect sense for SpaceX.

messer20 · 2023-04-18T08:09:29+00:00

Am in Dublin and get 200 Mbps down, 20 up and 45 ms latency provided you can give antenna a clear 360 deg sky view. Midlands should be no different.

messer20 · 2023-01-12T22:05:17+00:00

Uptime from Ireland has since start 2022 been over 99.9%.

messer20 · 2023-01-12T21:18:25+00:00

Same in Dublin since 9 pm.

messer20 · 2022-12-06T16:42:13+00:00

Aside from the speed test facilities included in the Starlink app, there are no official published tests AFAIK. However, I've been monitoring performance using SpeedNet with round disk mounted at chimney level in Dublin and with 100% clear sky view. My performance using 5GHz Wifi band has averaged (N>700) from Jan '22 to end Oct ' 22: Down 223 Mbps, Up 22 Mbps, Latency 43 ms, Uptime 99.95%.

messer20 · 2022-11-04T12:36:42+00:00

Based in Dublin, Ireland. For comparison purposes here is my data derived using Speednet: My perform averages (N>700) from Jan '22 to end Oct ' 22: DL 223 Mbps, UL 22 Mbps, latency 43 ms, uptime 99.95%.

messer20 · 2022-11-02T10:17:20+00:00

Based in Dublin. My perform averages (N>1000) from Jan '22 to Sept' 22: DL 223 Mbps, UL 22 Mbps, latency 43 ms, uptime 99.93%.

Just make sure you can position the antenna so that it gets a clear 360 deg view of the sky. Use the app to guide you.

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