there are over 12 million active customers that i am sure that everyone did not need some dish installer or any installer to install starlink for them but hey carry on thinking everyone is stupid and you are the great starlink install savior for the masses
Did I say everyone? No you say everyone. Actually you said nobody needs an installer to come out and install Starlink for them. I'm gonna say this one more time and maybe you'll get it through your head, I do up to four Starlink installs every day. Which means face-to-face with customers, and almost all of them are incapable of doing an installation themselves, other than, like posted above, throwing it out on the front lawn and running the cable back in through a window.
Not everyone needs an installer is correct!!! though if it's being offered as a free perk why in the hell not take it???? id'e much rather play supervisor while having a cold one than be up on a roof trying to point a damm dish
Atleast someone understands my point.. put the liability on someone else!!! if they F it up it's on them.
starlink is not meant for those that have other options as yourself full time with better speeds and lower price--made for those that have nothing else except crap like hughes etc
I have Starlink because Spectrum has been unreliable here for years. My neighbors and I joke that even the falling leaves in the fall can knock it out. Since my second stroke in 2023 I'm not physically able to do my own installations anymore, but I was able to guide my grandson through my Gen 3 Starlink install. When I travel with my daughter, she does the Mini setups with minimal help from me. I'm sure I'm not alone in having physical or mental limitations that make even Starlink installs difficult, much less the Dish dishes that I installed non-commercially for 13 years. If I had been offered a free installation, I certainly would have taken advantage of it.
It is a VIP 211z. I've had it forever. To further complicate my life, on the last day of my RV trip I broke an axle. Had to leave the RV in Tupelo Ms and forgot and left two Wallys in the RV. I cannot get the VIP 211 to work in the Bed Room. As far as I know there are no splitters anywhere in the house, not before of after a receiver.
I have had DISH for 25 years. The first ten or so in my RV and then about 15 more years in my home and RV. I cuss it often. The equipment is often difficult. But the absolute worst part of DISH is having to call them.
Yep, I'm giving that a lot of thought. I have a lot invested in DISH hardware including a Travler RV system that cost me around $2K. But it works really well. Then I have a domed remote in case I get treed and can't use the travler. Then there are the 1000s at the house and 4 receivers.
But then you have to decide when a poor job amounts to an effup, and the store may disagree. Or they might never get it right and you've wasted time with them. I'm just very DIY
Starlink does not use Coax. It uses a proprietary Ethernet cable from the antenna to the modem. The kit comes with 50, but you can buy a 100 or 150' relatively inexpensively
I'm also 83, and a couple of serious strokes prevented from even doing a ground installation of my Starlink Gen3 antenna. That said, it was pretty easy to talk my 38 year old grandson through the process. As for my Starlink Mini system, my daughter handles that when we travel to a local state park for a weeks stay in a cabin. As said, Starlink doesn't use coax for either antenna. The Gen3 uses a custom Ethernet cable as said, and the Mini uses a proprietary power cable. I needed a 75 ft cable for the Gen3 instead of the 50 ft that was supplied, but the 50 ft power cable for the Mini has been adequate so far. One difference between the Gen3 and the Mini is the WiFi location. The Gen3 WiFi router is placed inside the house, while the Mini Wifi is located in the antenna. Since the Mini WiFi signal has been a bit weak in the cabin at times, I use WiFi extender in the cabin to make up for that. I have no idea how often you might need to contact Starlink CS, but in the time I've had the service, I've never called or chatted with them. The provided installation instructions are quite clear and pretty simple. The phone app makes antenna location and alignment a snap. I'm paying about half of what I was paying Dish for about the same programming. I don't include the cost of Internet in comparing them, since I would have Internet service anyway.
78 here83, 83, and Bobby, the nation's original Publican, still plying his trade. I'd start an over 70 group here - but then, that would be most of us, wouldn't it?
I second the app making it sweet easy.
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