any of the mobile solutions (sat or radio) are usually fine with mining. you might end up with a few more decimal percentages fails, but overall as long as your connection is constant and your ping is under 50 you should be more than fine.
I’ve had starlink mining since September 2021 I think with no issues. But where I live the population is about 1 million people that’s bigger than the size of Texas so I have no congestion, I’ve heard people in the US have had issues with speeds, not sure if that’s still the case
Pretty sure he was giving the statistic on the population, and then referencing the space in which those million reside, implying that it wasn’t congested.
Assuming that you referring to version generation of cellular microwave freq bandwidth? Although that tech is becoming more available in my location, it is narrow spread spectrum. We’ve that tried just for internet to the house, which was problematic at best. Yup! Cancelled that overpriced junk. Now supposedly 5G is available. That’s not an option for an anti 5ger.
My county, one of 254 in Texas, is large with a current population of just over 80k.
Thanks for your direct experience reply. We are still on the waiting list for the area. Go figure, we’re only about 120 miles from SpaceX. Suppose in a practical sense, being local sets no reasonable level of priority.
Alrighty then… very kewl, I appreciate the video share. Once our order is filled and system arrives, I see no other option than Starlink. Been on the waiting list for a long minute now.
Drew mentioned maybe trying Verizon 5G WIFI for home. To anyone, my experience is not if your rural. We tried it. The system was 5G and backwards compatible. Good thing as 5G was available in our area so 4G it was. That and I am an anti-5Ger.
So the unit was large and bolted to the roof. Not ideal but workable. hardwired into the and router. Expected for an antenna. Performance was an improvement over other available options. We tried on a 6 month promotion: $59.00 first 6 mos, then regular of $109.00 monthly, plus fees, taxes etc.
So here is where the rum comes in. As time went on I noticed that data consumption kept increasing almost exponentially. That was a head scratchier. Although performance was still improved over what we had, while there were still the typical cellular issues. Data consumption leveled off but seemed excessively high. Suddenly, month 7 my bill jumped to over $600.
Spoiler alert, READ THE FINE PRINT! I didn’t and a minor detail wasn’t disclosed by sales rep. The promotion included a flat rate data plan that the regular plan didn’t. That is when I learned that the excessively increased data was realistic. The additional data was because of double buffering. Yep and VZ charged for the buffered data like it was regular data.
We tried T-Mobile home WIFI setup. Returned it after a month. Performance was great when it worked. It was not at all reliable.
Your best bet mate would be to see if you can get the RV roaming deal which means its set to no fixed location and is used for traveling which seems to have no wait list but the down side is its slightly more expensive per month. That no wait list might have changed but might be your best bet. The only reason why there is a wait list for you is because there’s so many people wanting it in your area (North America) and not enough satellites/other tech required to fulfill the demand and give everyone a useable experience, compared to where I live, the whole country is slightly smaller than the US but less than 1/10 of the population but all the satellites still fly over us so we benefit from the low congestion.
Starlink works great I’m getting about down 130 and 21 up. I dont have any cell internet options because the service is poor. I had the service since aug 22
You may or may not have made the call, but thought I should add my bit. I’m a pet owner and a foster so our only getaways is via RV, and got Starlink Roam. If you’re not sure what that is it is the exact same hardware but the speed if half and you get “bumped” over folks with regular Starlink.
Planning to move out much further, with plans of a mining farm & pet (mostly dogs) sanctuary I cancelled my internet and ran the Starlink roam to test connections & reliability. I have a small farm, 8 ASICs like the S19s, several smaller box miners, and a hodge podge of other miner types. Plus the full streaming for TVs & of course for computer use.
For the miners the difference I didn’t notice although during “peak usage” times now and then slowed internet. There was likely some loss but again, nothing noticeable. I am also pretty sure with a static Starlink it will be better than this test run. However even as it is everything went fine overall.
Thx for the feedback NC. Other obstacles have surfaced where our coop power source has become fairly unstable and increased rates. So before expanding further, I decided to hold where I’m at and see how much more crypto and rewards drop. I don’t believe we’ve seen a market bottom yet. Patiently waiting and selecting adding to bags as prices drop. Blessings!
