YOU MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE! I followed your instructions and had my Starlink dish sent to Moab, UT. Just picked it up. I am using it now to type this review, in a parking lot. Your tip about tweaking the location if it doesn't work was a life-saver. Now I will have AWESOME internet for our dream trip (2.5 months in remote areas in our camper)
Thanks for sharing! I have wondered if I was the only one who had that issue. I confess it took me a while to figure that out. So glad it saved you time and aggravation. It's a weird feeling to be connecting to your router and getting great internet service in the parking lot, isn't it? I'm very envious of your 2.5 month trip! Please do share some of your experiences. Would love to hear them. Safe travels!!
So 6 days ago I posted that question below - I now have my dish and am hooked up. Scruffy - you are the MAN! I didn't even have to drive to the setup location. When the dish arrived I changed my service location on the app, and plugged it in. 5 mins later, I'm online. Don't tell too many people folks.
Hi Justin. So glad it worked for you! There are a few ways to improve the speeds. The easiest is to unplug your dish, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. Especially when roaming this can help. There are other aspects that affect speed and latency also including how far you are from a base station. Another way to test things is to take the dish out on the road and play with it a little to see if makes any difference. I confess I've travelled quite a bit with mine and I've never seen it that slow. Good luck!
Great video! I tried this same little hack in August 2021, and it worked great! Now when people ask how we have Starlink (and they do!) I’ll just send them a link to your video instead of trying to explain what I did to make it happen. You really laid it out well!
I have a question about what you said at 11:02. You said you wouldn't try this if you're trying to get Starlink in your house because you may not have coverage. I'm looking at the availability map and I am RIGHT between two availability spots, but my particular city is waitlisted. Wouldn't that mean satellites are nearby? And if so, could I activate the service at the nearby city and then drive the satellite back over to my house? It seemed like that was the whole point of this video, but then you threw a little curveball there at the end haha. Let me know! Rob
Hi Rob. It can be confusing, for sure. To order the dish as a first time Starlink user, you have to find a place to register an address. This can be your house, or it can be somewhere else. Once you have the dish, you are able to move the dish to other locations within certain restrictions. At the time this video was made, it could be WAY harder to buy a dish in a location than to buy the dish elsewhere and MOVE into that location. Even though a lot has changed since the video was made, that is still the case. If you don't have satellites overhead, not amount of moving the dish around will help. However, if your house is waitlisted, all you know for certain is that Starlink won't let you order a dish against that address. There is no way to know if it will work buying the dish elsewhere and then using it at your house. My comment was saying that, I would not go through the act of buying elsewhere and moving to your house if your only intentions are to use it at your house. If you are mobile, there will be places you can use it for sure. In that case, if it works at your house, great, but I wouldn't count on it. Now Starlink has portability and some other things going so there aren't as many unknowns -- especially if you are willing to pay more to remove those unknowns. (e.g. portability costs more per month). Hope this helps.
Hi, I'm a little confused and maybe you can help assist. The closest location to me is Nevada, CA. If I order in NV, have it shipped to a UPS store in my city the description says "Service for this order is only guaranteed at this location. Service includes 1 TB of Priority Access and unlimited Basic Access starting in April 2023." does this mean I have to be in NV to set up starlink or can I do it at another location? (My neighbors have starlink, so I know it's available in my area) Thank you.
Hi Dorida. A LOT has changed since I made that video. In fact, Starlink made a huge change just two days ago. It used to be you could have your Starlink service registered at your house and then use it anywhere there was available service. People who are mobile (e.g. RV'ers) could register Starlink anywhere since they would use "portability" all of the time anyway. As of two days ago, that is no longer possible. You either need to select the RV service or the residential service. Portability is no longer an option for new customers. So you have to choose between the RV version which you can use anywhere, but is degraded service, or the residential service which MUST be used where it is registered. Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but I hope this clears up the confusion.
I live in South Florida...on wait list since September 2021....last month I went into the Starlink and changed my location to an address in Utah. It confirmed my purchase and I had the Delivery address to my home in South Florida. received the dishy in 9 days. I set up the dishy and modem, changed the SERVICE location to So Florida from Utah and VOILA. Got connected. Neve went to Utah! I then moved my RV to Ocala, Fl 300 miles north of my home in So FL. VOILA...hooked up in 20 minutes. I then moved a few days later to just South of Atlanta. No Service when I changed my Service to location Atlanta address. I changed the SERVICE address back to Ocala and VOILA got service. Go figure?? I then returned to my home in So. Floridas. (website still showing Service not available in area). Plugged it in and VOILA got served! Lightning fast speeds.
Hi Richard. I think you are experiencing Starlink's latest feature which is roaming. Until a few weeks ago, your ability to use Starlink was very tightly tied to your registered service address. With roaming, you can now wander from the service address. It sounds like you experienced that right out of the box. Congrats!!
I wondered exactly the same thing, as I used his hack above and put Hays Kansas, but changed the ship to address to my home in CA. I was concerned that service would not work, but in your case it seems that it indeed it very well might. Thanks for the post....
Beautiful Richard! I'm in central FL near Orlando but in the Green Swamp rural area. Looks like this trick will get me the dish, but doubt they service my area yet... Anyone have luck roaming in central FL or near Disney?
Hey buddy thank u so much for this video! I just got mine ordered after missing my confirmation email last week an I had been waiting 18 months! I found a restaurant 20 miles from me, I'm hoping it will work in there parking lot plugged into my truck. I had it shipped to my house that's no going to be an issue is it?
Where you activate it is becoming less and less of an issue. Before you hop in the car, you might see if it activates and works at your house. This video will answer some of your questions... ua-cam.com/video/3sIrk4ZpO90/v-deo.html ... but there are more changes taking place as I write this so stay tuned for more info within the week.
So let me get this straight. If I’m in Indiana but I can get SL via an address in Myrtle Beach, SC but deliver SL to IN address, I need to go to Myrtle Beach to activate it? There’s no way around this? I’m a FT RVer and I’m trying to figure this out.
Hello. One big thing has changed since that video came out -- roaming. Now it seems like you can use the Starlink service wherever it is available as long as you have the equipment and were able register your address somewhere. Even better, you no longer need to be at the registered address to activate it. Check out the following video for the latest. It will provide information that goes directly to your question. ua-cam.com/video/3sIrk4ZpO90/v-deo.html Good luck!
Sure. Once you login to www.starlink.com, you can click the three lines in the top right corner of your screen. The drop down will say something like "Ryan's Account". Once you click that, you are taken to the map screen, but the menu at the top will show Home, Shop, Billing and Support. Clicking Shop will take you to the screen where you can order additional stuff. Good luck!
The answer to that is changing as we speak. Until recently, if you weren't very close to the registered address, the dish simply doesn't connect to anything. If Starlink has turned on your roaming, then you can be within a certain distance from the registered address and it will work. Apparently within miles will work and I know one person who got as far as 100 miles away from his registered address and it worked. Roaming for my service just came on this week. I'm hoping to do some testing this weekend to see the effects of this service firsthand. Stay tuned!
I wonder if I take my Starlink with me camping for a week and register it at my camp site if when I return home and all the Starlink subscription slots are taken am I screwed??
You would have been just a few weeks ago, but you probably have roaming on now. If so, you can leave your address at your home and probably take your dish to the campsite without worry. You won't know if it's going to work until you get there, but that's one possibility if you are worried about losing your home location.
Hey Scruffy, I found your videos so helpful, thank you. I just have a questions or two about starlink. Im from Namibia a country in Africa, and wondered if I buy starlink in the states and take it to Namibia if it will be able to work. Namibia runs in the same latitude as Australia and I have seen on "live starlink satellite map" website, that there are satellite moving over Namibia. I have done some research and tried to chat to sales companies, but could not get any helpful information from them. Sartlink also don't have a great support service, where we can ask questions. I hope to hear from you.
Hello Guilluame. If you purchase Starlink in the U.S., it has to be tied to an address in the U.S. If you turn on portability or mobility, you can use that dish on the same continent as the address. In other words, if you purchase the dish in the U.S. I don't think it will work in Africa. Furthermore, to my knowledge, service is not available in Africa so simply moving the dish there from outside of Africa would not work in that case either. In short, there are a couple of a reasons to think that wouldn't work. :-(
Hey Scruffy, You also could use a power inverter that makes 12V DC into a 120V AC for the setup. Something around a 200 Watt should be enough. I always have one in my pickup truck.
@@ScruffyGolden I just canceled my order after 13 months. Hell I am 74 years old and can't afford to keep waiting. I also let them feedback on the way they handled prepaid customers, and it wasn't pretty.
@@LEFTtheRIGHT I have two systems and Starlink keeps dragging their ass and doing nothing. I have the roam system now but for some reason I can't activate it. It was originally the RV package. Worked great for about 4 months and then I got a notice that my service would end on 12/28/21 with no reason at all. In my mind they are a bunch of idiots that know not one thing about customer service. So I have about $1200 sitting here doing nothing. I think "If I only had cable here in the woods" When I moved here to FLorida I think I stepped backward in time about 20 years.
How do I communicate with them to cancel the prior order. The took another $99 from my account but have never communicated with me via email. I placed an order with a different address and email address and it’s arriving on Monday. I don’t want to get another satellite if the other address becomes eligible for Starlink!
So, I'm in a dark green area on the availability map, but can have a dish delivered to a UPS store in a light green area about 2 hours away. Is there some way to verify that I can "move" the service to an address in my dark green area or do I just need to bite the bullet and risk being stuck with equipment I cant use for X amount of time?
The only way I can think of to try it ahead of time is to ask a friend who wouldn't mind risking his/her current location on trying to move to the location you are interested in. Having said that, you are not stuck with the equipment, though. You have 30 days to return the equipment for a full refund. Hope that helps!
Lets say i try this and it doesnt workout i can return it right? Even though its open? I can get on 1hr 22 away this would be good for my online college classes here in my rural home😭
You can, but keep in mind you would be paying the $110 monthly service fee regardless of whether you get connected or not. If you are in one location (i.e. not traveling with your Starlink), it could be a very long wait (measured in months or years) and would be an expensive paperweight. Furthermore, while waiting for the service to become available, the technology might change and/or improve. Starlink released it's second generation dish after only a little more than a year in operation. Some things to consider.
StarLink ships with FedEx. You can send and receive FedEx packages at Walgreens and Walmart. This information is per StarLink website. I had to return my first kit because of a defect. Was directed by StarLink to use Walmart or Walgreens for the return. There was a couple of other places however I don't recall the names. To be sure your store offers that service I would call them first.
@@ScruffyGolden I stated that wrong on their website. That information was given to me in the instructions for the return of the defective equipment. Which it still applies to shipping and receiving the StarLink kits. Should also offer more address locations. Considering the number of Walmarts and Walgreens compared to UPS stores.
I'm sorry. I don't understand the question. You should be able to place an order on both your phone or a computer. From there it will tell you when you can expect your order to be completed if it isn't completed immediately.
@@ScruffyGolden I don't have a computer and I keep getting viruses on my phone ransomware and malicious malware so my phone hasn't been quite dependable keep having to buy phones repeatedly and I can't afford a VPN right at this moment for my phone. anyway I'm talking about the past back in the beginning of February . just had my car totaled I can't really afford it at this moment but I'm really looking forward in the future to get with starlink and get a computer maybe. I never had a computer so I'm just learning the whole thing now if you have any way to send me like a phone number maybe I might be able to call long as it don't have an automated service because when I make phone calls the backdrop of my phone digits go black so I can't see the digits? I could go on about other things but you don't have the time and I don't either but thanks for your response if there is a number without automated service send it my way I appreciate it. 🤙
Hi Nina. I'm sorry, but I don't see a phone number for ordering Starlink. From here it looks like service can only be ordered from a web browser at www.starlink.com.
Cool. So I found a location, just under 3 hours away. I can go and get it going, but how can I determine if my desired location will work before I drop the money for the initial purchase?
I'm afraid I don't know of a way to check for that. Odds are not good for any one location -- especially if Starlink won't let you order for it. . The solution I presented is more suited for people who can drive to a location (e.g. RV) than for a house or single locations.
I am in the US, but on the Canada border. It shows available in Canada (roughly 10 air miles away), but not in USA. I could order and pick up in Canada, but will I be able to switch service to the USA?
Hi Steven. I'm afraid I don't know. There have been a few comments here that switching service between countries is not allowed, but I don't know firsthand. You've added a twist by actually living in the U.S. making me even less certain than I would have been.
Great info. I'm in central Mexico and ordered Starlink in early September last year, in anticipation of purchasing rural land. We are about to take possession of the land and I just got confirmation from Starlink, so I placed the order just this last Friday. Talk about timing, as the only other option there is cellular, but I don't know how reliable that would be even with a booster high up. The signal there is very spotty in and out. If I understand you correctly, I can only connect at the registered location, which in my case isn't even an address. I only entered the Google Plus link and GPS coordinates and then will have the equipment shipped to my house in the city 40 minutes from my rural property. So in other words, anytime you connect it has to be a registered address? Meaning, you'll have to change it for every move in an RV?
Hi Andi. Wow you aren't kidding. That's awesome timing! Yup. The satellite only works at the location you have registered with Starlink so in order to use it somewhere else, you would have to change the location you have registered with Starlink. At the moment, it can be hard to find a place that has both satellite coverage and subscription slots available which makes changing that registered location a bit tricky. Starlink is reportedly working on an RV version of all this, but no one knows what it looks like, what kind of speeds, cost, etc. Sure would open up some amazing possibilities if/when they do this. Best wishes with your land purchase! -Scruffy
OK, I just did this. I live in an RV in Tucson. I just found an opening in Kingman AZ. 5 hrs. away. It only took 10 min. Question, can you cancel service if you drive to somewhere with no openings?
Wow! That's the farthest south I've heard so far and great news for everyone! When I ordered mine, I was able to return the dish for a full refund up to 30 days and I believe you can cancel your service at any time.
Okay so I have a question. My mom ordered our starlink January 1st 2022. At first it said that Starlink is looking to expand in our area by mid 2022 to 2023. A month ago I put my address in again and it said "Order now to reserve your Starlink. Starlink is currently at capacity in your area, so your order may not be fulfilled until 2023 or later. You will receive a notification once your Starlink is ready to ship." Now if its in capacity than that has to mean that satellites are over in my area right? You see, I have a cousin that lives ten minutes away from me and he ordered his Starlink like February 2021 and finally got his in like October or November. If he can use his starlink where he lives and I live 10 minutes away, then can I order a starlink dish at his house, change the address to mine than have access to starklink? After all, he's only ten minutes away and it does say when I my put address in that starlink is in capacity in my area.
Hi Rory. You are thinking through it correctly, but there is no guarantee that you will be able to change the address to your home. First, 10 minutes away is very close, I admit, but the edge of a Starlink cell could easily split the two locations so that he has service and you don't. The only way to know if you will be able to successfully move is to actually try it. This requires either ordering the equipment and trying it yourself or having someone like your cousin try it. The first means you are taking a risk that it won't work and the second means your cousin is risking being able to pull back to his/her house if it *does* work! I can't think of a way for you to be certain before buying the equipment. Having said that, you do get to return the equipment for a full refund within 30 days of receiving it. So if you try it and it doesn't work, you could return the gear for a full refund. Hope that helps?
Thank you so much! I was able to order following your instructions! Presently we live in a ranch & using a hotspot that gives us poor reception! I can’t believe it was so simple to order! Hugs to you!🤗
Let me know if it works at your home. Im thinking of using this method my location works just at full capacity and theres a close location where i can do this. TIA!!
I am in Ontario Canada, I tried changing my service location to an area that is accepting orders. It pushed my delivery out further. Do I need to place a new order under a different name ie my wife or should I be able to change the location on my file. Does it take a while to update the money requested or is it instant? I have been waiting since Feb 2021, getting desperate our existing suppliers are terrible and my wife needs to go Toronto to work just because of the lousy internet.
I'm sorry but I don't have solid answers to your questions. Some of the answers are subjective and may or may not apply in Canada, and only Starlink can answer the remaining questions. I can appreciate the intense need for Starlink, though. I hope it works out soon.
@@ScruffyGolden I ordered a system using incognito and they accepted everything and took my money. Now I am hoping it has roaming here in Canada because the working address is only 50 miles or so from the needed address. If roaming works then great if not then I will use it on the RV .. Has anyone used it crossing the border and changing the address going either direction?
Perhaps 8 months ago I heard of people trying to cross the border and it didn't work. But so much has changed since then that I wouldn't use that info. No one has been able to tell me one way or the other in recent months. I'm dying to try it myself. :-)
Hi Richard, After paying a deposit I am tiered of being on the waiting list since March 22. I tried your technique of using an address of a cell 30 miles away and it gave me the option of ordering right away. I then tried to move my address from my account that has the deposit to that same location but it said I would have to wait until 2023. So I gambled and place an order that allowed me to purchase it and had it delivered to my home. It arrived yesterday in 10 days. I set it up to try it at my home and not going to the address 30 miles away. It was up and running in about 15 minutes. Question is should I move my address to my home where I’ve been waiting until mid to late 22 and will it continue to work if I do. I understand that roaming is best effort for service and service is only guaranteed at the registered address but roaming is way better then what I have with Verizon. My only option for guaranteed service is keeping my cue with the deposited account at my home address. Any suggestions? Thank You for all the great info.
Hi Richard. I have been experimenting with roaming and, so far, I am not seeing a benefit in changing my registered address any longer. For example, lately I have not been seeing any change in speed or latency regardless of where my address is. Because of roaming, it is no longer risky to try moving your address around to see what works for you.
Abel- may I ask what you ended up doing? I’m in the same boat. Been on the waiting list for 10 mos. Then I used a different address and it shipped right away. Supposed to be delivered tomorrow and wondering if I should switch the address to my home or stick with roaming? Thanks!
I just ordered my Starlink, and received my confirmation email with a link to Starlink. I clicked the link and a login page came up requiring my email and a password. I didn't set a password yet. where to do so? Thanks
Just click a link on the main page that says "locked out". It sent me to another page for my email and was sent a reset page. I set a password there. Hope this helps others.
The very end of this video brought up an interesting question for me. I have my $99 deposit into Starlink but I am in a very rural area and actually don't even have an address but Starlight recognized my 3/4 mile-long driveway as a road so I put that in as my address and based on their map, they put the pin in the middle of the driveway, which is several hundred feet away from the actual house. Based on the end of your video, now I'm wondering if that will be too far from my house to work. I didn't think it was that specific. Based on what you've seen, could it not work because they have the pin too far from my house? And if so (and I know I'm jumping ahead here), how would I fix that?
No my sister who lives 10 mins away got her dish before me and I placed an order 3 months before her. Anyways, she brought the dish to my house and it works with really good speeds
The situation is rather fluid at the moment. This video was released before Starlink turned on roaming for everyone. At that time, it really was that specific. For the last couple of months, Starlink has allowed everyone to use the dish away from their registered address, but as of last week the rules are changing again. Starlink will continue to allow you to use the dish away from your registered address for $25 a month and with a few strings attached. Most people have called this "roaming" but Starlink has given it an official name: portability. Here is the most recent info: ua-cam.com/video/EbeeBkDrtvY/v-deo.html
Starlink updated the estimates on their website at the end of last year and I've heard a lot of people say those latest estimates seem to be pretty good. When does the Starlink website say service will be available in your area?
So I placed an order with shipping to my house and service address about 3.5 hours away. I have a coworker who lives about 2 miles (straight line) from me. His service works great. Do you know if I will be able to change the service address to my house prior to initial setup and set it up here or will I have to make that drive for initial setup? If I make the drive to set it up at the service address I picked, is there anyway to know for sure I will have service when I change my service address to my home.
Hi John. If you were unable to register at your house initially, then it will probably not work at your house once you get the equipment. It's possible satellite coverage gets increased or something, but odds are against it. Having said that, it doesn't hurt to try. If there is no service at your house, Starlink will prevent you from using that address so that you don't lose your original location. You don't need to wait for your equipment to be delivered, either -- you can try changing your service address now, if you want. If you try to move the service to your house address and it works, great! If it doesn't, then there isn't much you can do about your house until Starlink expands coverage in your area. In this case, to bring the dish online, you will need to find a place that has subscription slots available where you can register your service, take your dish to that location and bring it online there. The only place where you it's guaranteed you can do that is the place you originally used with Starlink when you placed your order. If you find another, closer place, however, that lets you move your address to it, then you can bring the dish online there. Good luck!
Bro, you are going thru wayyyyy too much trouble for this. I did this same thing back in October. All I did was order the equipment from a serviceable address just like you did and put the shipping address as my home address. When it got to me, I changed the service address and my cell isn't even opened yet but a cell next to me is. I changed the address to a random address in that cell, fired it up and it found service. No need to go directly to service address. You are making this too difficult when it is actually quite easy. Find service address that takes full order, ship to home address, change your address to an area that has service around you. If there isn't an area that has service around you, wait till there is. It's that simple man. No UPS store etc.
Hi Brandon. It's true that I could have shipped to my home regardless of the serviceable address. Maybe I should have made a bigger point of that in the video (can't remember). At the time I was worried there would be a surprise I hadn't anticipated when I first brought the dish online. As you pointed out, there isn't. My goal was to show digital nomads (RV, campers, etc) how to get the service, and also the equipment, when not stationed in one place (e.g. home/house). Thanks for the feedback. You have given me food for thought. Appreciate it!
It says service is at capacity in my area. If I follow this method, and then want to change service address, do you know if it will allow me to connect in the area? Or do I still have to wait for additional capacity in my area?
Hello again. There is no way to know ahead of time unless someone (who has Starlink) tries it for you. The "capacity" answer usually means there's no room to move into the area unless someone moves out and vacates a spot. So it's not really a static thing. My experience has been that the odds of that happening go down substantially if the location is in a major metropolitan area. Sorry the answer isn't more precise.
@@ScruffyGolden Actually you are correct but incorrect. Even since the last time I posted here things have changed. Starlink now allows roaming without even changing your service address so as long as your cell has service or atleast close by, it will work.
So I used this method to order my Starlink kit recently as Starlink said my home address is at capacity (no slots). But after ordering the kit for a different service location, I logged into my account and changed it back to my home address and it didn’t complain and let me save it. Does this mean it’s likely to work at my home address now? Would I have gotten an error if it wasn’t going to let me change the service location to my home address?
Yes, I think so! When you try to change your address to a location that doesn't have any coverage (either satellites or subscription slots), you will get a message telling you there's no service. Also, when there's not coverage, Starlink puts your address back to where you started so you don't lose your position there. It sounds like it worked to me!
@@ScruffyGolden So a quick update - I received my kit and booted it up and it immediately went into roaming mode and got some service! We’ll be moving into the actual service location within a month and I’m so happy we got our dish early! Thanks again!
Sorenzo! You got roaming OUT OF THE BOX?!! That's awesome! It's also the first I've heard of that. I'm so psyched for you! Thank you very much for sharing!
Scruffy I pay $40 p/month for internet service. Not TV of any kind, just internet for Wi-Fi needs. So, how much would the service I need cost? I understand the $99.00 as a deposit for the land equipment that may reach up to $600.00. How much per month just for services I need?
Bad timing. I ordered in July and still hadn't received my kit. Told a friend about it in December that lives roughly 20 miles away. He got his kit. No customer service number to call had to email. Ended up canceling my order. Sob
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. I know it is patchy as heck. Hopefully that patchwork will fill in quickly this year with the number of satellites going up on the new SpaceX rockets. More seem to be going up and at a faster rate...
When you place an order, you have to use a physical address to which you attach the service. Once you've brought the dish online, however, you can change the address to a new location using (a) a physical address, or (b) a google plus code (which is kind of like gps coordinates). This assumes the place you are changing to has service in the form of a satellite overhead and a subscription slot available. This last weekend I was outside of the Great Sand Dune National Park... literally out in the middle of miles of sand... where there are no addresses whatsoever. I simply moved my last location to the new google plus code and it worked brilliantly. Starlink is supposedly working on an RV/mobile friendly version but we'll have to see what that looks like when/if it comes out.
In this case, you have to have internet access (like cell phone network) to change your service address correct? Or plan ahead and change the service address to where you will be going, when you do have coverage. Is this correct?
Hi Tylee. It's true. You have to have data (cell phone with network or wifi) in order to access the website and change your address. This does presume you know where you are going, which is not always the case. I think that is what you getting at, right? It's an astute observation. Here's another little nut that caught me off guard. When there is no service but the dish can see the sky, it puts the dish flat to the sky -- which is perpendicular to the pole. In that configuration it is as unwieldy to store as possible. You can't put the dish in storage mode (flat and parallel with the pole) until you get to a service location either. :-) It seems you thought it out. I had to figure it out the hard way. heheh
You might find another one of my videos helpful. How To Get Office Quality Video in Your Camper/Trailer: ua-cam.com/video/kFlvYbJvPDg/v-deo.html It will show how to handle the cellular signal AND how to bring it into the tin can. :-)
SpaceX does't release a cell map, but they seem to be concentrating farther north (in North America). I know when I was plugging in locations, I couldn't find ANYTHING south of KS that I could use to place an order. I'm not saying they weren't there, just that I couldn't find them. Also, you don't HAVE to ship it to the address where you place the order. You can ship it anywhere, including your home. You just won't be able to bring the service online unless, of course, you are able to register service at your home. Also, I may have unintentionally mislead you with my first reply. Once your dish ships, I believe you can change the address without necessarily bringing the dish online. My point was that you can't set it up or "activate" it unless the dish is near the registered, serviceable, address. Hope that helps.
The more precise answer is that once you get the equipment, you will have more options than you are given when placing an order. Whether you will be able to change the service address to your home is only known if you do this or have someone who has the equipment try for you. All I can say for certainty is that there are many locations where Starlink won't let you place an order, but where you are able to move your service address into. Whether your home or specific location is one of these, totally depends on the location itself.
@@ScruffyGolden this is great, thank you for the answer, I was able to order the service within 10 miles of my remote house, I will see what the service allows me to do from there!
Do you have the source of that? I'm asking because I know the new satellites have the laser communication and I'm wondering if that figure would change with the new ones.
Hi Ian. Starlink is becoming increasingly more available and useful, but it's not for everyone. I'm not sure what a p1 phone is, but Starlink is faster than many landline internet services, so that's one possible reason. I see in your next comment that you moved to Africa. It looks like Starlink is not available in any parts of Africa at the moment so that could be a nonstarter.
For any single location it's pretty rough right now. And the way things are going it could be even longer (last week's launch of 60 satellites lost 40 of them to a solar storm!). If it helps, the solution I presented is more for people who can drive to an open location. Good luck!
Hello Pelonni. That's a long time to be waiting. I don't know your specifics, but if you are going to use Starlink only at your home, then it is probably best to wait until Starlink ships because you are guaranteed to use the Starlink service where you registered your order. Hopefully you won't have to wait much longer. If you want to use the service out on the road, say, in your RV, then following the steps in my video will put the dish and service into your hands as quickly as Starlink can ship. At least then, if a subscription slot opens at your house, you will be able to move into it, but there is just no getting around using it at your house if Starlink does not have coverage there. Hope this helps. Good luck fellow Coloradoan!
@@ScruffyGolden I ordered in May of 2021 and they said mid to late 2021 at that time. When they did the great reset, it now says mid 2022. Luckily, that hasn't changed since their reset of dates. They say it is due to no service while I see sats overhead 99% of the time. In fact I watch them go up from the Cape even though it is a 4+ hour drive North.
@@ScruffyGolden Night launches are best but daytime ones can be seen. ua-cam.com/video/CmvG8MXSSrM/v-deo.html starting at 1:00 Camera lost focus but later you see both the first stage going back to the cape and the second stage that was close to directly overhead.
I think you are asking to check a location that can be moved into. If so, the only way I know of to do that is to move my registration to the address you want me to check. If I do that, and it goes through, there's a good chance that I won't be able to switch it back to the original location. If you are asking about an address in general, you can go to the www.starlink.com and check any address without committing to anything. This video can show you how to do that. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck!
I saw a video where a person mounted a tesla dish flat onto his car's roof & it had the dish working perfectly. Oh man, if I was in the army I would pay for a bunch of roof rack mounts to be built to be mounted on some humvees, and jerry rig a camera system to do some live streaming through some app like Twitch for some adhoc military application. I would then have bunch of buddies live stream as they drive around some military base within the USA such as where they store unused humvees, and show my commander who could see several live streams in operation at the same time on a large TV monitor. A good way to accelerate a rank promotion in my opinion. You could apply that technology to a military ambulance for peace keeping operations in undeveloped nations where American doctors would help poor rural people, or have something like a khan academy class room setup that uses a laptop cart. Once again, very likely you could fast track promotions. Musk should be working on deployable class room solutions such as a kit that would include tesla solar panels. Especially with the whole drama over Twitter.
Good videos. Very useful. Thanks. For my sailboat in Ventura County, California I spent $700 on a cellular booster antenna, cables etc. With the antenna 30 feet up my spinnaker halyard, I went from LTE two bars to..... 5G two bars.... and using my iPhone as a hotspot made the connection on my computer a little more consistent, but just as slow. 240dpi. Whoopdedoo (say it slow and flat.) I asked my dock mates what they did. Starlink. Even though I'm a nerd, Tesla investor (I drove the cellular booster in my Model Y... I didn't even consider it thinking I'd have to wait years. They already had it on their decks. I got it in a week. Plugged it in, had the typical tech hassles ( _Gee Dad, you're kind of stupid..._ Oh yeah, who's the 30 year old Steve Jobs? Thought so.) The best part is my dock mates sail off the coast to the Channel Islands 11 nMiles to 50. They can sometimes keep a signal for part of the trip out, sometimes it drops. But at anchor they report that it works great, and everyone anchored around them loves them (when they share their WiFi password. I need more information before I do that here at the dock.) Now I've got to get my $99 deposit back... And if it works at my house in Los Angeles (still a no go area) then maybe I can get rid of Spectrum $70/month.
I can see where it might seem like that. For those who are mobile it might not be that much work. I know I planned mine so it was on the way to another destination. Also, I think SpaceX is trying to get things going as fast as they can but can only get so many satellites into orbit at a time. It's a pain right now, I admit, but I also appreciate that SpaceX is trying to protect the experience for those who can get it.
First don't say that Starlink is "great" for the people on the road when it's very hard to have to change address in order to get connection in any new location...! And even that only works in the States...!
It used to be hard to change the address but recent changes to the Starlink website late last year make it very easy to change the address. If a person is willing to drive to places where Starlink is available, the change is easy and takes affect almost immediately. Are you in a country where that is not the case? I know changing the address works in Canada and the U.S. but don't know firsthand about any other countries. Let me know! Thanks for watching! P.S. Love the music on your channel! Did you compose those?
@@ScruffyGolden HI...as I know is not possible to travel from Canada to the States and change your "address" they don't allow country changes... Here in Europe to be honest I don't know... I only have one of my clients with Starlink...and he gave up on he service just 3 months after he brought it...finally he got himself a fibre on his "far away" home...and now Starlink won't allow him to re sell his equipment to a friend...They say that the swap program is only valid in US and Canada...So, 600€ to the garbage can. About the music on my Channel...Well I'm a DJ and also a Booking Agency for Psychedelic electronic music artists...the music set's are mine, and the tracks are from friends and artists from my Agency. Thank you for your comment!
Hi Big Chill. I didn't know about not allowing country changes. That's good to know because I regularly head north into Canada and was planning to give things a try up there. Sounds like that won't work, so thank you!! That stinks that SpaceX is not consistent across the countries they serve. Thank you for checking back in!
Does this mean they caught on and are putting an end to this? Put in an address in Nebraska and this is what it says "116 E K St, McCool Junction, NE 68401, USA Service for this order is only guaranteed at this location."
Starlink has had that message for as long as I can remember. It is a disclaimer that says Starlink isn't promising more than service at the location you hvae registered. Having said that, Starlink is allowing people to roam with their dish, now.
YOU MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE! I followed your instructions and had my Starlink dish sent to Moab, UT. Just picked it up. I am using it now to type this review, in a parking lot. Your tip about tweaking the location if it doesn't work was a life-saver. Now I will have AWESOME internet for our dream trip (2.5 months in remote areas in our camper)
Thanks for sharing! I have wondered if I was the only one who had that issue. I confess it took me a while to figure that out. So glad it saved you time and aggravation. It's a weird feeling to be connecting to your router and getting great internet service in the parking lot, isn't it? I'm very envious of your 2.5 month trip! Please do share some of your experiences. Would love to hear them. Safe travels!!
So 6 days ago I posted that question below - I now have my dish and am hooked up. Scruffy - you are the MAN! I didn't even have to drive to the setup location. When the dish arrived I changed my service location on the app, and plugged it in. 5 mins later, I'm online. Don't tell too many people folks.
Side note: I am only getting 50 mb/s though. Not sure its worth $169/month.
Hi Justin. So glad it worked for you! There are a few ways to improve the speeds. The easiest is to unplug your dish, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. Especially when roaming this can help. There are other aspects that affect speed and latency also including how far you are from a base station. Another way to test things is to take the dish out on the road and play with it a little to see if makes any difference. I confess I've travelled quite a bit with mine and I've never seen it that slow. Good luck!
Great video! I tried this same little hack in August 2021, and it worked great! Now when people ask how we have Starlink (and they do!) I’ll just send them a link to your video instead of trying to explain what I did to make it happen. You really laid it out well!
Hi Emily. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a nice comment. Pretty cool you watched the video even though you've already done it!
I know that there are Satellites overhead in NC because people have the dish in NC. Did you buy a dish, set it up, then drive home and set it up?
No. There is no service at my house. I bought the dish and then I travel to places that do have service.
Hello, great video. Any ideas how to get starlink maritime in a country that doesn't have service?
Thanks for watching. I have no words of wisdom for you.
I have a question about what you said at 11:02. You said you wouldn't try this if you're trying to get Starlink in your house because you may not have coverage. I'm looking at the availability map and I am RIGHT between two availability spots, but my particular city is waitlisted. Wouldn't that mean satellites are nearby? And if so, could I activate the service at the nearby city and then drive the satellite back over to my house? It seemed like that was the whole point of this video, but then you threw a little curveball there at the end haha. Let me know!
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Hi Rob.
It can be confusing, for sure. To order the dish as a first time Starlink user, you have to find a place to register an address. This can be your house, or it can be somewhere else. Once you have the dish, you are able to move the dish to other locations within certain restrictions. At the time this video was made, it could be WAY harder to buy a dish in a location than to buy the dish elsewhere and MOVE into that location. Even though a lot has changed since the video was made, that is still the case.
If you don't have satellites overhead, not amount of moving the dish around will help. However, if your house is waitlisted, all you know for certain is that Starlink won't let you order a dish against that address. There is no way to know if it will work buying the dish elsewhere and then using it at your house. My comment was saying that, I would not go through the act of buying elsewhere and moving to your house if your only intentions are to use it at your house. If you are mobile, there will be places you can use it for sure. In that case, if it works at your house, great, but I wouldn't count on it.
Now Starlink has portability and some other things going so there aren't as many unknowns -- especially if you are willing to pay more to remove those unknowns. (e.g. portability costs more per month).
Hope this helps.
@@ScruffyGolden this does help man! Thanks so much dude!
Hi,
I'm a little confused and maybe you can help assist. The closest location to me is Nevada, CA. If I order in NV, have it shipped to a UPS store in my city the description says "Service for this order is only guaranteed at this location. Service includes 1 TB of Priority Access and unlimited Basic Access starting in April 2023." does this mean I have to be in NV to set up starlink or can I do it at another location? (My neighbors have starlink, so I know it's available in my area)
Thank you.
Hi Dorida. A LOT has changed since I made that video. In fact, Starlink made a huge change just two days ago. It used to be you could have your Starlink service registered at your house and then use it anywhere there was available service. People who are mobile (e.g. RV'ers) could register Starlink anywhere since they would use "portability" all of the time anyway. As of two days ago, that is no longer possible. You either need to select the RV service or the residential service. Portability is no longer an option for new customers. So you have to choose between the RV version which you can use anywhere, but is degraded service, or the residential service which MUST be used where it is registered.
Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but I hope this clears up the confusion.
I live in South Florida...on wait list since September 2021....last month I went into the Starlink and changed my location to an address in Utah. It confirmed my purchase and I had the Delivery address to my home in South Florida. received the dishy in 9 days. I set up the dishy and modem, changed the SERVICE location to So Florida from Utah and VOILA. Got connected. Neve went to Utah! I then moved my RV to Ocala, Fl 300 miles north of my home in So FL. VOILA...hooked up in 20 minutes. I then moved a few days later to just South of Atlanta. No Service when I changed my Service to location Atlanta address. I changed the SERVICE address back to Ocala and VOILA got service. Go figure?? I then returned to my home in So. Floridas. (website still showing Service not available in area). Plugged it in and VOILA got served! Lightning fast speeds.
Hi Richard. I think you are experiencing Starlink's latest feature which is roaming. Until a few weeks ago, your ability to use Starlink was very tightly tied to your registered service address. With roaming, you can now wander from the service address. It sounds like you experienced that right out of the box. Congrats!!
I wondered exactly the same thing, as I used his hack above and put Hays Kansas, but changed the ship to address to my home in CA. I was concerned that service would not work, but in your case it seems that it indeed it very well might. Thanks for the post....
Beautiful Richard! I'm in central FL near Orlando but in the Green Swamp rural area. Looks like this trick will get me the dish, but doubt they service my area yet... Anyone have luck roaming in central FL or near Disney?
@@rickekr4681 Roaming seems to work everywhere. Give it a chance to connect...sometimes 20-30 minutes.
ua-cam.com/video/EZ7UGgPglCY/v-deo.html
Worked like a charm. Been in the waiting list since it opened. Was ready to give up. Feel kinda dumb seeing how easy it was. Rv freedom!
Oh man. Wait until you see how it works with roaming. You will be so glad you got it
Hey buddy thank u so much for this video! I just got mine ordered after missing my confirmation email last week an I had been waiting 18 months! I found a restaurant 20 miles from me, I'm hoping it will work in there parking lot plugged into my truck. I had it shipped to my house that's no going to be an issue is it?
Where you activate it is becoming less and less of an issue. Before you hop in the car, you might see if it activates and works at your house. This video will answer some of your questions...
ua-cam.com/video/3sIrk4ZpO90/v-deo.html
... but there are more changes taking place as I write this so stay tuned for more info within the week.
So let me get this straight. If I’m in Indiana but I can get SL via an address in Myrtle Beach, SC but deliver SL to IN address, I need to go to Myrtle Beach to activate it? There’s no way around this? I’m a FT RVer and I’m trying to figure this out.
Hello. One big thing has changed since that video came out -- roaming. Now it seems like you can use the Starlink service wherever it is available as long as you have the equipment and were able register your address somewhere. Even better, you no longer need to be at the registered address to activate it. Check out the following video for the latest. It will provide information that goes directly to your question.
ua-cam.com/video/3sIrk4ZpO90/v-deo.html
Good luck!
Does the address that you transfer to must have service? Thank you for your reply
Yes, but the Starlink website won't let the transfer go through unless service is available.
I’m ready to order but want to adds pole Mount and the 150ft cable. I don’t see that option. Can you help?
Sure. Once you login to www.starlink.com, you can click the three lines in the top right corner of your screen. The drop down will say something like "Ryan's Account". Once you click that, you are taken to the map screen, but the menu at the top will show Home, Shop, Billing and Support. Clicking Shop will take you to the screen where you can order additional stuff. Good luck!
so if you are in an rv traveling how does that work if you arnt at the registered address?.
The answer to that is changing as we speak. Until recently, if you weren't very close to the registered address, the dish simply doesn't connect to anything. If Starlink has turned on your roaming, then you can be within a certain distance from the registered address and it will work. Apparently within miles will work and I know one person who got as far as 100 miles away from his registered address and it worked. Roaming for my service just came on this week. I'm hoping to do some testing this weekend to see the effects of this service firsthand. Stay tuned!
What if you travel to an area with your dish that is at capacity? will you still get service?
I wonder if I take my Starlink with me camping for a week and register it at my camp site if when I return home and all the Starlink subscription slots are taken am I screwed??
You would have been just a few weeks ago, but you probably have roaming on now. If so, you can leave your address at your home and probably take your dish to the campsite without worry. You won't know if it's going to work until you get there, but that's one possibility if you are worried about losing your home location.
Hey Scruffy,
I found your videos so helpful, thank you. I just have a questions or two about starlink. Im from Namibia a country in Africa, and wondered if I buy starlink in the states and take it to Namibia if it will be able to work. Namibia runs in the same latitude as Australia and I have seen on "live starlink satellite map" website, that there are satellite moving over Namibia. I have done some research and tried to chat to sales companies, but could not get any helpful information from them. Sartlink also don't have a great support service, where we can ask questions. I hope to hear from you.
Hello Guilluame. If you purchase Starlink in the U.S., it has to be tied to an address in the U.S. If you turn on portability or mobility, you can use that dish on the same continent as the address. In other words, if you purchase the dish in the U.S. I don't think it will work in Africa. Furthermore, to my knowledge, service is not available in Africa so simply moving the dish there from outside of Africa would not work in that case either. In short, there are a couple of a reasons to think that wouldn't work. :-(
Hey Scruffy,
You also could use a power inverter that makes 12V DC into a 120V AC for the setup. Something around a 200 Watt should be enough. I always have one in my pickup truck.
I used to keep one in my truck too. Might be time to start doing that again. Thanks!
@@ScruffyGolden I just canceled my order after 13 months. Hell I am 74 years old and can't afford to keep waiting. I also let them feedback on the way they handled prepaid customers, and it wasn't pretty.
Ugh. Sorry for the bad experience. I understand, though. Best wishes.
@@ScruffyGolden Me too.
@@LEFTtheRIGHT I have two systems and Starlink keeps dragging their ass and doing nothing. I have the roam system now but for some reason I can't activate it. It was originally the RV package. Worked great for about 4 months and then I got a notice that my service would end on 12/28/21 with no reason at all. In my mind they are a bunch of idiots that know not one thing about customer service. So I have about $1200 sitting here doing nothing. I think "If I only had cable here in the woods" When I moved here to FLorida I think I stepped backward in time about 20 years.
You can deliver to your home and change portability.
How do I communicate with them to cancel the prior order. The took another $99 from my account but have never communicated with me via email. I placed an order with a different address and email address and it’s arriving on Monday. I don’t want to get another satellite if the other address becomes eligible for Starlink!
To my knowledge you need to go to the Support tab at the top of the Starlink website and submit a support request.
So, I'm in a dark green area on the availability map, but can have a dish delivered to a UPS store in a light green area about 2 hours away. Is there some way to verify that I can "move" the service to an address in my dark green area or do I just need to bite the bullet and risk being stuck with equipment I cant use for X amount of time?
The only way I can think of to try it ahead of time is to ask a friend who wouldn't mind risking his/her current location on trying to move to the location you are interested in. Having said that, you are not stuck with the equipment, though. You have 30 days to return the equipment for a full refund. Hope that helps!
Lets say i try this and it doesnt workout i can return it right? Even though its open? I can get on 1hr 22 away this would be good for my online college classes here in my rural home😭
Yes, that is the worst case scenario. If it doesn't work the way you envisioned it, you have 30 days to return the equipment for a full refund.
It says my home is available for starlink but its at capacity could i just buy it with your method and wait till im able to join the subscription?
You can, but keep in mind you would be paying the $110 monthly service fee regardless of whether you get connected or not. If you are in one location (i.e. not traveling with your Starlink), it could be a very long wait (measured in months or years) and would be an expensive paperweight. Furthermore, while waiting for the service to become available, the technology might change and/or improve. Starlink released it's second generation dish after only a little more than a year in operation. Some things to consider.
StarLink ships with FedEx. You can send and receive FedEx packages at Walgreens and Walmart. This information is per StarLink website. I had to return my first kit because of a defect. Was directed by StarLink to use Walmart or Walgreens for the return. There was a couple of other places however I don't recall the names. To be sure your store offers that service I would call them first.
That's great info. I did not see that but it sure increases the options. Thanks for sharing!!
@@ScruffyGolden I stated that wrong on their website. That information was given to me in the instructions for the return of the defective equipment. Which it still applies to shipping and receiving the StarLink kits. Should also offer more address locations. Considering the number of Walmarts and Walgreens compared to UPS stores.
I ordered mine doing this. There’s an open cell 13 miles from my house. Do you think it would pick up using roaming?
It really depends on the location, but I think the odds are good!
@@ScruffyGolden thank you for the help!
That's what I'm trying to get with starlink I can't get out on my phone it don't recognize my device when I go to the site to order ?😕
I'm sorry. I don't understand the question. You should be able to place an order on both your phone or a computer. From there it will tell you when you can expect your order to be completed if it isn't completed immediately.
@@ScruffyGolden I don't have a computer and I keep getting viruses on my phone ransomware and malicious malware so my phone hasn't been quite dependable keep having to buy phones repeatedly and I can't afford a VPN right at this moment for my phone.
anyway I'm talking about the past back in the beginning of February .
just had my car totaled I can't really afford it at this moment but I'm really looking forward in the future to get with starlink and get a computer maybe.
I never had a computer so I'm just learning the whole thing now if you have any way to send me like a phone number maybe I might be able to call long as it don't have an automated service because when I make phone calls the backdrop of my phone digits go black so I can't see the digits?
I could go on about other things but you don't have the time and I don't either but thanks for your response if there is a number without automated service send it my way I appreciate it. 🤙
Hi Nina. I'm sorry, but I don't see a phone number for ordering Starlink. From here it looks like service can only be ordered from a web browser at www.starlink.com.
Cool. So I found a location, just under 3 hours away. I can go and get it going, but how can I determine if my desired location will work before I drop the money for the initial purchase?
I'm afraid I don't know of a way to check for that. Odds are not good for any one location -- especially if Starlink won't let you order for it. . The solution I presented is more suited for people who can drive to a location (e.g. RV) than for a house or single locations.
I am in the US, but on the Canada border. It shows available in Canada (roughly 10 air miles away), but not in USA. I could order and pick up in Canada, but will I be able to switch service to the USA?
Hi Steven. I'm afraid I don't know. There have been a few comments here that switching service between countries is not allowed, but I don't know firsthand. You've added a twist by actually living in the U.S. making me even less certain than I would have been.
Great info. I'm in central Mexico and ordered Starlink in early September last year, in anticipation of purchasing rural land.
We are about to take possession of the land and I just got confirmation from Starlink, so I placed the order just this last Friday. Talk about timing, as the only other option there is cellular, but I don't know how reliable that would be even with a booster high up. The signal there is very spotty in and out.
If I understand you correctly, I can only connect at the registered location, which in my case isn't even an address. I only entered the Google Plus link and GPS coordinates and then will have the equipment shipped to my house in the city 40 minutes from my rural property. So in other words, anytime you connect it has to be a registered address? Meaning, you'll have to change it for every move in an RV?
Hi Andi.
Wow you aren't kidding. That's awesome timing!
Yup. The satellite only works at the location you have registered with Starlink so in order to use it somewhere else, you would have to change the location you have registered with Starlink. At the moment, it can be hard to find a place that has both satellite coverage and subscription slots available which makes changing that registered location a bit tricky.
Starlink is reportedly working on an RV version of all this, but no one knows what it looks like, what kind of speeds, cost, etc. Sure would open up some amazing possibilities if/when they do this.
Best wishes with your land purchase! -Scruffy
OK, I just did this. I live in an RV in Tucson. I just found an opening in Kingman AZ. 5 hrs. away. It only took 10 min. Question, can you cancel service if you drive to somewhere with no openings?
Wow! That's the farthest south I've heard so far and great news for everyone!
When I ordered mine, I was able to return the dish for a full refund up to 30 days and I believe you can cancel your service at any time.
Totally true.
Okay so I have a question. My mom ordered our starlink January 1st 2022. At first it said that Starlink is looking to expand in our area by mid 2022 to 2023. A month ago I put my address in again and it said "Order now to reserve your Starlink. Starlink is currently at capacity in your area, so your order may not be fulfilled until 2023 or later. You will receive a notification once your Starlink is ready to ship." Now if its in capacity than that has to mean that satellites are over in my area right? You see, I have a cousin that lives ten minutes away from me and he ordered his Starlink like February 2021 and finally got his in like October or November. If he can use his starlink where he lives and I live 10 minutes away, then can I order a starlink dish at his house, change the address to mine than have access to starklink? After all, he's only ten minutes away and it does say when I my put address in that starlink is in capacity in my area.
Hi Rory. You are thinking through it correctly, but there is no guarantee that you will be able to change the address to your home. First, 10 minutes away is very close, I admit, but the edge of a Starlink cell could easily split the two locations so that he has service and you don't. The only way to know if you will be able to successfully move is to actually try it. This requires either ordering the equipment and trying it yourself or having someone like your cousin try it. The first means you are taking a risk that it won't work and the second means your cousin is risking being able to pull back to his/her house if it *does* work! I can't think of a way for you to be certain before buying the equipment.
Having said that, you do get to return the equipment for a full refund within 30 days of receiving it. So if you try it and it doesn't work, you could return the gear for a full refund. Hope that helps?
@@ScruffyGolden It does help. Thank you for the putting so much thought into your answer.
You are very welcome!
Thank you so much! I was able to order following your instructions! Presently we live in a ranch & using a hotspot that gives us poor reception! I can’t believe it was so simple to order! Hugs to you!🤗
I'm so glad it helped!!
Thanks for the great video! I found an opening and UPS Store within 66 miles of my home and ordered. Thank you!
That's close! Good luck!
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Let me know if it works at your home. Im thinking of using this method my location works just at full capacity and theres a close location where i can do this. TIA!!
I am in Ontario Canada, I tried changing my service location to an area that is accepting orders. It pushed my delivery out further. Do I need to place a new order under a different name ie my wife or should I be able to change the location on my file. Does it take a while to update the money requested or is it instant? I have been waiting since Feb 2021, getting desperate our existing suppliers are terrible and my wife needs to go Toronto to work just because of the lousy internet.
I'm sorry but I don't have solid answers to your questions. Some of the answers are subjective and may or may not apply in Canada, and only Starlink can answer the remaining questions. I can appreciate the intense need for Starlink, though. I hope it works out soon.
@@ScruffyGolden I ordered a system using incognito and they accepted everything and took my money. Now I am hoping it has roaming here in Canada because the working address is only 50 miles or so from the needed address. If roaming works then great if not then I will use it on the RV .. Has anyone used it crossing the border and changing the address going either direction?
Perhaps 8 months ago I heard of people trying to cross the border and it didn't work. But so much has changed since then that I wouldn't use that info. No one has been able to tell me one way or the other in recent months. I'm dying to try it myself. :-)
If i were to buy in the states and bring it outside us, will it still work?
Hello. Some have stated here that Starlink won't work if you cross into another country, but I don't know firsthand if that's right or now. Sorry.
Hi Richard,
After paying a deposit I am tiered of being on the waiting list since March 22. I tried your technique of using an address of a cell 30 miles away and it gave me the option of ordering right away. I then tried to move my address from my account that has the deposit to that same location but it said I would have to wait until 2023. So I gambled and place an order that allowed me to purchase it and had it delivered to my home. It arrived yesterday in 10 days. I set it up to try it at my home and not going to the address 30 miles away. It was up and running in about 15 minutes. Question is should I move my address to my home where I’ve been waiting until mid to late 22 and will it continue to work if I do. I understand that roaming is best effort for service and service is only guaranteed at the registered address but roaming is way better then what I have with Verizon. My only option for guaranteed service is keeping my cue with the deposited account at my home address. Any suggestions? Thank You for all the great info.
Hi Richard. I have been experimenting with roaming and, so far, I am not seeing a benefit in changing my registered address any longer. For example, lately I have not been seeing any change in speed or latency regardless of where my address is. Because of roaming, it is no longer risky to try moving your address around to see what works for you.
Abel- may I ask what you ended up doing? I’m in the same boat. Been on the waiting list for 10 mos. Then I used a different address and it shipped right away. Supposed to be delivered tomorrow and wondering if I should switch the address to my home or stick with roaming? Thanks!
I just ordered my Starlink, and received my confirmation email with a link to Starlink. I clicked the link and a login page came up requiring my email and a password. I didn't set a password yet. where to do so? Thanks
Just click a link on the main page that says "locked out". It sent me to another page for my email and was sent a reset page. I set a password there. Hope this helps others.
The very end of this video brought up an interesting question for me. I have my $99 deposit into Starlink but I am in a very rural area and actually don't even have an address but Starlight recognized my 3/4 mile-long driveway as a road so I put that in as my address and based on their map, they put the pin in the middle of the driveway, which is several hundred feet away from the actual house. Based on the end of your video, now I'm wondering if that will be too far from my house to work. I didn't think it was that specific. Based on what you've seen, could it not work because they have the pin too far from my house? And if so (and I know I'm jumping ahead here), how would I fix that?
No my sister who lives 10 mins away got her dish before me and I placed an order 3 months before her. Anyways, she brought the dish to my house and it works with really good speeds
@@bronson2585 good to know. Thanks. This whole Starlink process is exciting and frustrating at the same time!
The situation is rather fluid at the moment. This video was released before Starlink turned on roaming for everyone. At that time, it really was that specific. For the last couple of months, Starlink has allowed everyone to use the dish away from their registered address, but as of last week the rules are changing again. Starlink will continue to allow you to use the dish away from your registered address for $25 a month and with a few strings attached. Most people have called this "roaming" but Starlink has given it an official name: portability. Here is the most recent info:
ua-cam.com/video/EbeeBkDrtvY/v-deo.html
Hey I live in northern Wisconsin and I order mine this last October when will I ever get mine
Starlink updated the estimates on their website at the end of last year and I've heard a lot of people say those latest estimates seem to be pretty good. When does the Starlink website say service will be available in your area?
@@ScruffyGolden mid 2022
That's one of the earlier ones I've seen/heard. Wow! Hopefully within a few months then, right? Good luck!
@@ScruffyGolden Thanks 🙏 appreciate it and good vid! 👍
Thank you! Let us know when it shows up!!
So I placed an order with shipping to my house and service address about 3.5 hours away. I have a coworker who lives about 2 miles (straight line) from me. His service works great. Do you know if I will be able to change the service address to my house prior to initial setup and set it up here or will I have to make that drive for initial setup? If I make the drive to set it up at the service address I picked, is there anyway to know for sure I will have service when I change my service address to my home.
Hi John. If you were unable to register at your house initially, then it will probably not work at your house once you get the equipment. It's possible satellite coverage gets increased or something, but odds are against it. Having said that, it doesn't hurt to try. If there is no service at your house, Starlink will prevent you from using that address so that you don't lose your original location. You don't need to wait for your equipment to be delivered, either -- you can try changing your service address now, if you want. If you try to move the service to your house address and it works, great! If it doesn't, then there isn't much you can do about your house until Starlink expands coverage in your area. In this case, to bring the dish online, you will need to find a place that has subscription slots available where you can register your service, take your dish to that location and bring it online there. The only place where you it's guaranteed you can do that is the place you originally used with Starlink when you placed your order. If you find another, closer place, however, that lets you move your address to it, then you can bring the dish online there. Good luck!
@@ScruffyGolden I think that you can activate the portability option to your service. It will cost 15 dollars more. It worked for me. Good luck!
Bro, you are going thru wayyyyy too much trouble for this. I did this same thing back in October. All I did was order the equipment from a serviceable address just like you did and put the shipping address as my home address. When it got to me, I changed the service address and my cell isn't even opened yet but a cell next to me is. I changed the address to a random address in that cell, fired it up and it found service. No need to go directly to service address. You are making this too difficult when it is actually quite easy. Find service address that takes full order, ship to home address, change your address to an area that has service around you. If there isn't an area that has service around you, wait till there is. It's that simple man. No UPS store etc.
Hi Brandon. It's true that I could have shipped to my home regardless of the serviceable address. Maybe I should have made a bigger point of that in the video (can't remember). At the time I was worried there would be a surprise I hadn't anticipated when I first brought the dish online. As you pointed out, there isn't. My goal was to show digital nomads (RV, campers, etc) how to get the service, and also the equipment, when not stationed in one place (e.g. home/house). Thanks for the feedback. You have given me food for thought. Appreciate it!
@brandon Some people on You Tube just like hearing themselves ramble on and on and on and on etc.
It says service is at capacity in my area. If I follow this method, and then want to change service address, do you know if it will allow me to connect in the area? Or do I still have to wait for additional capacity in my area?
Hello again. There is no way to know ahead of time unless someone (who has Starlink) tries it for you. The "capacity" answer usually means there's no room to move into the area unless someone moves out and vacates a spot. So it's not really a static thing. My experience has been that the odds of that happening go down substantially if the location is in a major metropolitan area. Sorry the answer isn't more precise.
@@ScruffyGolden Actually you are correct but incorrect. Even since the last time I posted here things have changed. Starlink now allows roaming without even changing your service address so as long as your cell has service or atleast close by, it will work.
So I used this method to order my Starlink kit recently as Starlink said my home address is at capacity (no slots). But after ordering the kit for a different service location, I logged into my account and changed it back to my home address and it didn’t complain and let me save it. Does this mean it’s likely to work at my home address now? Would I have gotten an error if it wasn’t going to let me change the service location to my home address?
Yes, I think so! When you try to change your address to a location that doesn't have any coverage (either satellites or subscription slots), you will get a message telling you there's no service. Also, when there's not coverage, Starlink puts your address back to where you started so you don't lose your position there. It sounds like it worked to me!
@@ScruffyGolden Wow, that's awesome then! I must've caught a spot right in time!
Hooray! Good luck!
@@ScruffyGolden So a quick update - I received my kit and booted it up and it immediately went into roaming mode and got some service! We’ll be moving into the actual service location within a month and I’m so happy we got our dish early! Thanks again!
Sorenzo! You got roaming OUT OF THE BOX?!! That's awesome! It's also the first I've heard of that. I'm so psyched for you! Thank you very much for sharing!
Scruffy
I pay $40 p/month for internet service. Not TV of any kind, just internet for Wi-Fi needs. So, how much would the service I need cost?
I understand the $99.00 as a deposit for the land equipment that may reach up to $600.00.
How much per month just for services I need?
I'm afraid Starlink doesn't have different tiers of service. As of May 1 the price will be $110 per month.
Hey thanks so much! Really helped me out :) I am excited to mount this on my truck camper, highly appreciate your video cheers
Thank you very much! Glad you found it useful!
Bad timing. I ordered in July and still hadn't received my kit. Told a friend about it in December that lives roughly 20 miles away. He got his kit. No customer service number to call had to email. Ended up canceling my order. Sob
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. I know it is patchy as heck. Hopefully that patchwork will fill in quickly this year with the number of satellites going up on the new SpaceX rockets. More seem to be going up and at a faster rate...
Great news! Thankyou!
How does starlink work on the road if you can only use it at registered addresses?
When you place an order, you have to use a physical address to which you attach the service. Once you've brought the dish online, however, you can change the address to a new location using (a) a physical address, or (b) a google plus code (which is kind of like gps coordinates). This assumes the place you are changing to has service in the form of a satellite overhead and a subscription slot available. This last weekend I was outside of the Great Sand Dune National Park... literally out in the middle of miles of sand... where there are no addresses whatsoever. I simply moved my last location to the new google plus code and it worked brilliantly. Starlink is supposedly working on an RV/mobile friendly version but we'll have to see what that looks like when/if it comes out.
In this case, you have to have internet access (like cell phone network) to change your service address correct? Or plan ahead and change the service address to where you will be going, when you do have coverage. Is this correct?
Hi Tylee. It's true. You have to have data (cell phone with network or wifi) in order to access the website and change your address. This does presume you know where you are going, which is not always the case. I think that is what you getting at, right? It's an astute observation. Here's another little nut that caught me off guard. When there is no service but the dish can see the sky, it puts the dish flat to the sky -- which is perpendicular to the pole. In that configuration it is as unwieldy to store as possible. You can't put the dish in storage mode (flat and parallel with the pole) until you get to a service location either. :-) It seems you thought it out. I had to figure it out the hard way. heheh
I wish it would help with cellular signal because being a tin can pretty much shuts one out completely
You might find another one of my videos helpful. How To Get Office Quality Video in Your Camper/Trailer: ua-cam.com/video/kFlvYbJvPDg/v-deo.html
It will show how to handle the cellular signal AND how to bring it into the tin can. :-)
So do you have to activate it first at the UPS store to be able to change the address?
Hello Rhett. Yes you do.
Or at least very nearby.
@@ScruffyGolden Thanks . I'm trying to find a store in OK. So I can have a friend ship it to me in LA
Really any state on the southeast coast I have people that can ship it to me. I just can't find a working address.
SpaceX does't release a cell map, but they seem to be concentrating farther north (in North America). I know when I was plugging in locations, I couldn't find ANYTHING south of KS that I could use to place an order. I'm not saying they weren't there, just that I couldn't find them. Also, you don't HAVE to ship it to the address where you place the order. You can ship it anywhere, including your home. You just won't be able to bring the service online unless, of course, you are able to register service at your home. Also, I may have unintentionally mislead you with my first reply. Once your dish ships, I believe you can change the address without necessarily bringing the dish online. My point was that you can't set it up or "activate" it unless the dish is near the registered, serviceable, address. Hope that helps.
So wait...once you get the equipment you can take it to your location?
The more precise answer is that once you get the equipment, you will have more options than you are given when placing an order. Whether you will be able to change the service address to your home is only known if you do this or have someone who has the equipment try for you. All I can say for certainty is that there are many locations where Starlink won't let you place an order, but where you are able to move your service address into. Whether your home or specific location is one of these, totally depends on the location itself.
@@ScruffyGolden this is great, thank you for the answer, I was able to order the service within 10 miles of my remote house, I will see what the service allows me to do from there!
Thanks for the heads up
I've been trying to get my satellite dish for over 6 months
Hope it helps!
I read you have to be 500 miles within the substation.
I read you have to be 500 miles within the substation.
Do you have the source of that? I'm asking because I know the new satellites have the laser communication and I'm wondering if that figure would change with the new ones.
I left Canada now west Africa
Exciting!
Why not just order p1 phone then wifi hotspot then
Hi Ian. Starlink is becoming increasingly more available and useful, but it's not for everyone. I'm not sure what a p1 phone is, but Starlink is faster than many landline internet services, so that's one possible reason. I see in your next comment that you moved to Africa. It looks like Starlink is not available in any parts of Africa at the moment so that could be a nonstarter.
@@ScruffyGolden Elon musk phone super great
Oh! Is that out?! Do you have one already?!!
@@ScruffyGolden I'm west Africa . I want to order one but shipping to here. Ear impossible. It can ship home to Canada but still problem .
ALMOST at a 1000 subs...you go!
That is so nice of you to notice! I must admit I am quite blown away by the speed of it all. Especially the last few weeks.
Problem, every address i put in says late 2022
even my own address, usually it’s early to mid 2022, now it’s just late 2022, some address it says late 2022 to 2023
For any single location it's pretty rough right now. And the way things are going it could be even longer (last week's launch of 60 satellites lost 40 of them to a solar storm!). If it helps, the solution I presented is more for people who can drive to an open location. Good luck!
Helpful tips! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE , NICE DOG
Thank you very much!
Hello, I live in Commerce City, CO. I already place the order, since February 2021, I'm still waiting, what do you recommend.?
Hello Pelonni. That's a long time to be waiting. I don't know your specifics, but if you are going to use Starlink only at your home, then it is probably best to wait until Starlink ships because you are guaranteed to use the Starlink service where you registered your order. Hopefully you won't have to wait much longer. If you want to use the service out on the road, say, in your RV, then following the steps in my video will put the dish and service into your hands as quickly as Starlink can ship. At least then, if a subscription slot opens at your house, you will be able to move into it, but there is just no getting around using it at your house if Starlink does not have coverage there. Hope this helps. Good luck fellow Coloradoan!
@@ScruffyGolden I ordered in May of 2021 and they said mid to late 2021 at that time. When they did the great reset, it now says mid 2022. Luckily, that hasn't changed since their reset of dates. They say it is due to no service while I see sats overhead 99% of the time. In fact I watch them go up from the Cape even though it is a 4+ hour drive North.
That must be cool! Amazing you can see the launches from that far away! Wow!
@@ScruffyGolden Night launches are best but daytime ones can be seen. ua-cam.com/video/CmvG8MXSSrM/v-deo.html starting at 1:00 Camera lost focus but later you see both the first stage going back to the cape and the second stage that was close to directly overhead.
Holy cow! You really can! And during the daytime!
Internet where I live in Germany generally sucks, but at least I can get Starlink right now if I wanted lol.
If Starlink is your worst case scenario, then you are doing really well! lol
This is excellent. Thank you!
Thank you for the encouragement! Glad you found it useful.
Nice rig :)
Thank you!
Great info
Thank you!
can u check a address for me?
I think you are asking to check a location that can be moved into. If so, the only way I know of to do that is to move my registration to the address you want me to check. If I do that, and it goes through, there's a good chance that I won't be able to switch it back to the original location. If you are asking about an address in general, you can go to the www.starlink.com and check any address without committing to anything. This video can show you how to do that. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck!
I saw a video where a person mounted a tesla dish flat onto his car's roof & it had the dish working perfectly.
Oh man, if I was in the army I would pay for a bunch of roof rack mounts to be built to be mounted on some humvees, and jerry rig a camera system to do some live streaming through some app like Twitch for some adhoc military application.
I would then have bunch of buddies live stream as they drive around some military base within the USA such as where they store unused humvees, and show my commander who could see several live streams in operation at the same time on a large TV monitor. A good way to accelerate a rank promotion in my opinion.
You could apply that technology to a military ambulance for peace keeping operations in undeveloped nations where American doctors would help poor rural people, or have something like a khan academy class room setup that uses a laptop cart. Once again, very likely you could fast track promotions.
Musk should be working on deployable class room solutions such as a kit that would include tesla solar panels. Especially with the whole drama over Twitter.
Good videos. Very useful. Thanks. For my sailboat in Ventura County, California I spent $700 on a cellular booster antenna, cables etc. With the antenna 30 feet up my spinnaker halyard, I went from LTE two bars to..... 5G two bars.... and using my iPhone as a hotspot made the connection on my computer a little more consistent, but just as slow. 240dpi. Whoopdedoo (say it slow and flat.)
I asked my dock mates what they did. Starlink. Even though I'm a nerd, Tesla investor (I drove the cellular booster in my Model Y... I didn't even consider it thinking I'd have to wait years. They already had it on their decks.
I got it in a week. Plugged it in, had the typical tech hassles ( _Gee Dad, you're kind of stupid..._ Oh yeah, who's the 30 year old Steve Jobs? Thought so.)
The best part is my dock mates sail off the coast to the Channel Islands 11 nMiles to 50. They can sometimes keep a signal for part of the trip out, sometimes it drops. But at anchor they report that it works great, and everyone anchored around them loves them (when they share their WiFi password. I need more information before I do that here at the dock.)
Now I've got to get my $99 deposit back... And if it works at my house in Los Angeles (still a no go area) then maybe I can get rid of Spectrum $70/month.
Cool! Sounds like it's working great for you! It's awesome that Starlink works on boats (legitimately) now! Thanks for taking the time to write!
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Hey! :-)
I just tried to roder 1 and was told not till 2023
That's what it is at my house too. Much easier to go to where Starlink is rather than wait for the Starlink to come to us.
Then they raise the price.
Yeah. I'm feeling ya.
This is a lot of work to be a customer of a company that does not want your business.
I can see where it might seem like that. For those who are mobile it might not be that much work. I know I planned mine so it was on the way to another destination. Also, I think SpaceX is trying to get things going as fast as they can but can only get so many satellites into orbit at a time. It's a pain right now, I admit, but I also appreciate that SpaceX is trying to protect the experience for those who can get it.
First don't say that Starlink is "great" for the people on the road when it's very hard to have to change address in order to get connection in any new location...! And even that only works in the States...!
It used to be hard to change the address but recent changes to the Starlink website late last year make it very easy to change the address. If a person is willing to drive to places where Starlink is available, the change is easy and takes affect almost immediately. Are you in a country where that is not the case? I know changing the address works in Canada and the U.S. but don't know firsthand about any other countries. Let me know! Thanks for watching! P.S. Love the music on your channel! Did you compose those?
@@ScruffyGolden HI...as I know is not possible to travel from Canada to the States and change your "address" they don't allow country changes...
Here in Europe to be honest I don't know... I only have one of my clients with Starlink...and he gave up on he service just 3 months after he brought it...finally he got himself a fibre on his "far away" home...and now Starlink won't allow him to re sell his equipment to a friend...They say that the swap program is only valid in US and Canada...So, 600€ to the garbage can.
About the music on my Channel...Well I'm a DJ and also a Booking Agency for Psychedelic electronic music artists...the music set's are mine, and the tracks are from friends and artists from my Agency.
Thank you for your comment!
Hi Big Chill. I didn't know about not allowing country changes. That's good to know because I regularly head north into Canada and was planning to give things a try up there. Sounds like that won't work, so thank you!! That stinks that SpaceX is not consistent across the countries they serve. Thank you for checking back in!
step 1: move to Ukraine
There are easier ways to get Starlink! I promise! :-)
Does this mean they caught on and are putting an end to this? Put in an address in Nebraska and this is what it says "116 E K St, McCool Junction, NE 68401, USA
Service for this order is only guaranteed at this location."
Starlink has had that message for as long as I can remember. It is a disclaimer that says Starlink isn't promising more than service at the location you hvae registered. Having said that, Starlink is allowing people to roam with their dish, now.
@@ScruffyGolden thank you Scruffy! This was helpful!
They changed things up regarding portability and roaming