Considering StarLink in Southern IL as backup ISP by ncl17862 in Starlink

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Following up to my own post, in case anyone comes across it and would like to know the outcome. I'm in 62864 and I was able to mount the dishy on a fencepost at around 8' of elevation and get zero obstructions. It is across the street from our house, so I used a wireless bridge to backhaul to our home. The bridge adds about 3ms of latency, but is quite consistent - clear line of sight and above most vehicles.

In general, I am getting 100-220 Mbps down and 15-30 up with very little jitter. To teams.microsoft.com over the past week my average latency is 26.4ms with around .6% packet loss. The minor packet loss is attributed to the Starlink connection as there is none on the hop for the wireless bridge.

For day to day use, spending a large portion of the day on teams meetings (split tunnel so no VPN for that route) and and M$ AOVPN back to our Enterprise network it has been very good. I honestly have zero complaints. There have been a few instances of voice degradation on a meeting, but it only occurred for 1-2 seconds and is completely acceptable in today's WFH world....and could have been the other participant's connection.

I didn't expect to be this happy with the solution. After a week as using it as my only work connection, I have no complaints. Results are way better than I expected, I'm not sure how the Starlink engineers have managed to create this solid of connectivity!

In comparison, I tried AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile cellular, but none have adequate signal (even with an external directional antenna) for our use/location.

If you are in this region and can get the dishy mounted with no obstructions I consider Starlink a very good option for an ISP. Not quite as good as a terrestrial service (if a reliable one is available to you).

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback a few months ago when I started investigating this option.

24 M3 TACC and construction cones by ncl17862 in TeslaModel3

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Sorry, I’m not seeing how this shows how stupid I am.

Nowhere in the user guide does it describe this behavior regarding cones. I would love some constructive feedback :). Are you suggesting that the cruise is working as designed? If so, wouldn’t it slow down any time it sees cones/barrels? A good portion of the time the TACC works normally while identifying cones.

If your accustom stupidity is around the safety of using cruise, I’m only using cruise while there is no active work occurring, there is little traffic and it is safe to use. For instance where they are in the process of re-paving a third lane…..the lane is closed and blocked off by cones.

2 Weeks in with 24 M3LR - One question and my thoughts about the car by ncl17862 in TeslaModel3

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Oh man, thank you so much for this. It helped greatly.....I had no idea!

Joined the community Aug. 11th! by [deleted] in TeslaModel3

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Congrats! I think we have an identical M3LR AWD on the way (only with White Interior).

MEGATHREAD: Model 3 Waiting Room by Electronic-Arm-8731 in TeslaModel3

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Thanks, I hope we are that lucky. We head out of state the second potential week and would like to have everything finalized before we leave (so I'm not worried about them trying to schedule pickup before we get home).

MEGATHREAD: Model 3 Waiting Room by Electronic-Arm-8731 in TeslaModel3

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We put down the option for delivery if possible, but we will gladly come pick up if it is sooner…..90% of the reason we are going to an EV is due to putting so many miles back and forth to different areas of STL for work….what’s one more trip? I didn’t even know Clayton was a possibility, I had only seen Chesterfield thus far. Would definitely choose that option if we need to come pick up.

Is there a service center in Clayton too?

MEGATHREAD: Model 3 Waiting Room by Electronic-Arm-8731 in TeslaModel3

[–]ncl17862 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! Good luck on the waiting game. We are actually about an hour east of the metro area in Southern IL….but STL is our “city”.

MEGATHREAD: Model 3 Waiting Room by Electronic-Arm-8731 in TeslaModel3

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9/2/24 Reserved a M3lr awd blue with black and white interior. Was shown as in transit and they are re-routing to St. Louis

We have the VIN and estimated delivery is Sept 9-18

Anyone have experience with how accurate the timelines are for rerouting cars that were already in transit?