Starlink

saluki2007

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Does it cache the image, or download each time?




nolaegghead said:

@Botch

does this take a while to load on your interwebs?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

@Botch

does this take a while to load on your interwebs?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

@Botch

does this take a while to load on your interwebs?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

@Botch

does this take a while to load on your interwebs?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

@Botch

does this take a while to load on your interwebs?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

nolaegghead said:

still on that slow internet, Botch?

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing - Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

alaskanassasin

 This after yet another enlightening 1/2hr with tech support Un plugging and plugging everything back in. Even though I have done the preceding 3 other times on three other nights if I don’t follow the troubleshooting instructions they will send out a tech with a $99 service fee despite the “tech” being here last Sunday and informed me that too many people are using the internet at once. 

Botch

This is why we can't have nice, enlargeable images.  
 

 
 

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

dbCooper

Reporting by CNBC indicates v1 Starlink satellites are unstable financially and functionally.  v2 satellites are hoped to correct both areas.  But there are deployment issues.

Seems the v2 sats have to be launched from a certain spacecraft that requires a specific engine that has multiple production issues.  That results in v2's not being launched.  Details are here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon-musk-to-spacex-starships-raptor-engine-crisis-risks-bankruptcy.html

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

I’ll check it out thanks. Att lately is the same 20mbps sometimes, sometimes 1. I figure if I have two services we can keep the at home worker productive. Sucks but cheaper than commuting I guess.

alaskanassasin

dbCooper said:

Reporting by CNBC indicates v1 Starlink satellites are unstable financially and functionally.  v2 satellites are hoped to correct both areas.  But there are deployment issues.

Seems the v2 sats have to be launched from a certain spacecraft that requires a specific engine that has multiple production issues.  That results in v2's not being launched.  Details are here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon-musk-to-spacex-starships-raptor-engine-crisis-risks-bankruptcy.html

Can someone explain to me how this guy who rarely delivers on promises is the richest man in the world. 

alaskanassasin

How does it go bankrupt when everyone has mailed him a hundo and he has provided nothing in return. Amazing 

caliking

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

You have likely already looked into this, but if someone around you has better internet, you may be able to set something up on your side, using Ubiquiti gear?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Just cancelled starlink. I'm getting reliable 70Mbps with 5g from a local from a local provider 

alaskanassasin

caliking said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

You have likely already looked into this, but if someone around you has better internet, you may be able to set something up on your side, using Ubiquiti gear?

I will have to check that out, I have been thinking about a security system setup for out buildings and shop. 

Ozzie_Isaac

caliking said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

You have likely already looked into this, but if someone around you has better internet, you may be able to set something up on your side, using Ubiquiti gear?

Once the neighborhoods.start getting.built up, I will have easy access to free unlimited interwebz at blazing speeds.  Until then, nobody within decent wifi range in my little slice of heaven has good internet

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

40 minutes on hold. I got one on order the guy said it will be here Friday $50 month 100 to 300 mbps, baaahaaa we will see about that. Also gave them a bogus ssn I mean wtf do they need that for? Anyway wish me luck.

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

40 minutes on hold. I got one on order the guy said it will be here Friday $50 month 100 to 300 mbps, baaahaaa we will see about that. Also gave them a bogus ssn I mean wtf do they need that for? Anyway wish me luck.

They need your SSN so that several months from now they can verify that it's actually you calling them, and not just someone pretending to have trouble with their internet.  

alaskanassasin

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

40 minutes on hold. I got one on order the guy said it will be here Friday $50 month 100 to 300 mbps, baaahaaa we will see about that. Also gave them a bogus ssn I mean wtf do they need that for? Anyway wish me luck.

They need your SSN so that several months from now they can verify that it's actually you calling them, and not just someone pretending to have trouble with their internet.  

I created a 6 digit pin.

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/cyberattack-against-tmobile-and-our-customers

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

@Ozzie_Isaac did you say you found a solution for your internet? Or am I imagining things

I am still working through the details.  I got T-Mobile 5G, but my signal sucks at my house.  So I ordered some external antennas and will try those.  I can get 24Mbps peak with it right now, but occasionally drops to less than 1 Mbps.  Hoping for a consistent 50Mbps.  That would be 3x better than my OTA internet.

I use my Verizon phone as much as I can.

40 minutes on hold. I got one on order the guy said it will be here Friday $50 month 100 to 300 mbps, baaahaaa we will see about that. Also gave them a bogus ssn I mean wtf do they need that for? Anyway wish me luck.

They need your SSN so that several months from now they can verify that it's actually you calling them, and not just someone pretending to have trouble with their internet.  

I created a 6 digit pin.

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/cyberattack-against-tmobile-and-our-customers

I was just trying to make a joke there man.  I obviously failed.  

alaskanassasin

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

alaskanassasin

Roger, blew right over my head.

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

caliking

alaskanassasin said:

dbCooper said:

Reporting by CNBC indicates v1 Starlink satellites are unstable financially and functionally.  v2 satellites are hoped to correct both areas.  But there are deployment issues.

Seems the v2 sats have to be launched from a certain spacecraft that requires a specific engine that has multiple production issues.  That results in v2's not being launched.  Details are here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon-musk-to-spacex-starships-raptor-engine-crisis-risks-bankruptcy.html

Can someone explain to me how this guy who rarely delivers on promises is the richest man in the world. 

See below for part of the reason. His showmanship is also a large factor. 

 https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a36266393/tesla-made-more-money-selling-credits-and-bitcoin-than-cars/

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I have been through a similar situation 11 years ago related to a stolen company computer.  It took about a year and hundreds of hours to sort out.  Now I have Lifelock for my entire family.  They ultimately were the ones to finish the clean up.  A friend met one of their VPs when they were just starting and told them my story.  They agreed to take my case on even though I already had problems.  I am very cautious with giving my SSN.  However, I did to TMobile because they are a utility company and utilities always ask.  One group I never ever give it to is medical.

They did ping my number within 15sec of me giving it to them, and it was TMobile.  I get alerts anytime my SSN is punched in to any official verification system.  I also have a credit freeze.  Not foolproof by any means, but it has proven beneficial in the past.

alaskanassasin

That sucks @JohnInCarolina what a pain in the ass.  Local companies ask for mine when filing out tact exempt forms, I just make something up that is close, my ssn is not going in a desk drawer at auto zone. If something were to come up they have my name and address.  

 I asked him (T-Mobile)why he needed it and he said so I could qualify for future offers, I told him I am not interested in future offers, and this service is pay as you go. He said he had to have it to proceed so again I just made one up. 

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I have been through a similar situation 11 years ago related to a stolen company computer.  It took about a year and hundreds of hours to sort out.  Now I have Lifelock for my entire family.  They ultimately were the ones to finish the clean up.  A friend met one of their VPs when they were just starting and told them my story.  They agreed to take my case on even though I already had problems.  I am very cautious with giving my SSN.  However, I did to TMobile because they are a utility company and utilities always ask.  One group I never ever give it to is medical.

They did ping my number within 15sec of me giving it to them, and it was TMobile.  I get alerts anytime my SSN is punched in to any official verification system.  I also have a credit freeze.  Not foolproof by any means, but it has proven beneficial in the past.

Maybe I slipped through because it was after hours, but given their track record of having ssns stolen in the last 6 months they ain't getting mine.
 Att never asked for it.

alaskanassasin

caliking said:

alaskanassasin said:

dbCooper said:

Reporting by CNBC indicates v1 Starlink satellites are unstable financially and functionally.  v2 satellites are hoped to correct both areas.  But there are deployment issues.

Seems the v2 sats have to be launched from a certain spacecraft that requires a specific engine that has multiple production issues.  That results in v2's not being launched.  Details are here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon-musk-to-spacex-starships-raptor-engine-crisis-risks-bankruptcy.html

Can someone explain to me how this guy who rarely delivers on promises is the richest man in the world. 

See below for part of the reason. His showmanship is also a large factor. 

 https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a36266393/tesla-made-more-money-selling-credits-and-bitcoin-than-cars/

It is crazy, the guy is literally re writing the rules as he goes, and it seems to be working out.  I think it is a house of cards but I would not bet against Elon.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I was unaware that PornHub was a federal agency. Learn something new on here every day. 

JohnInCarolina

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I was unaware that PornHub was a federal agency. Learn something new on here every day. 

Hahaha.

One thing that should be obvious in case I didn't mention it: you don't ever want to walk in to an IRS office.  If you think the DMV is bad, you have not been inside of an IRS office.  Nobody is happy to be there.  Not the employees, not the citizens, nobody.  And it shows.  

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

That sucks @JohnInCarolina what a pain in the ass.  Local companies ask for mine when filing out tact exempt forms, I just make something up that is close, my ssn is not going in a desk drawer at auto zone. If something were to come up they have my name and address.  

 I asked him (T-Mobile)why he needed it and he said so I could qualify for future offers, I told him I am not interested in future offers, and this service is pay as you go. He said he had to have it to proceed so again I just made one up. 

That is good info to know.  I need to revaluate my security procedures.  Will probably start with "no" in all situations and go from there.  I admit, my spidey sense went off when they asked, but being so close to having internet, my guard dropped.  I assumed it was like signing up for utilities.

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I was unaware that PornHub was a federal agency. Learn something new on here every day. 

Hahaha.

One thing that should be obvious in case I didn't mention it: you don't ever want to walk in to an IRS office.  If you think the DMV is bad, you have not been inside of an IRS office.  Nobody is happy to be there.  Not the employees, not the citizens, nobody.  And it shows.  

With Biden's trillion dollar plus up, I expect the offices to be much nicer now.  May be even a Starbucks inside.  Plus, a lot more folks will get the chance to interact and the IRS will get an opportunity to improve their people forward interactions.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I cannot think of any other organizations that asks for my ssn to verify my id beyond financial institutions, even then it is rare.

Yep, it is a ridiculous request.

My SSN was snatched (along with lots of other PII) in the large federal data breach that occurred about seven years ago.  We discovered this when we went to file our taxes, only to learn that someone had already filed a tax return impersonating me.  Spent a lot of time unwinding that with the IRS, which was a friggin nightmare.  

So I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing.  When a company asks for my SSN, my immediate question is why they need it.  I have yet to hear any of them provide an adequate justification.  Typically they have other options to verify your identity, which you only discover once you ask.  

I was unaware that PornHub was a federal agency. Learn something new on here every day. 

Hahaha.

One thing that should be obvious in case I didn't mention it: you don't ever want to walk in to an IRS office.  If you think the DMV is bad, you have not been inside of an IRS office.  Nobody is happy to be there.  Not the employees, not the citizens, nobody.  And it shows.  

its worse when the irs walks into your office.....