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2024.05.10 14:50 JesterGE Starlink Test in Nairobi
Hi Kenya on Reddit. submitted by JesterGE to u/JesterGE [link] [comments] TLDR: Starlink performs very well. It is a viable alternative to fibre in Nairobi, and a game changer in the village. If you have the cash and think it makes financially sense in the long run, test it out at your location, you can always return it within the 30 day window. ββββββββ I saw a bunch of posts asking about the cost, quality and viability of Starlink internet on this sub. So far, there is only very limited testing being posted for Kenya and the reviews I have seen are mixed. Lennox Omondi had a first review where he was pretty disappointed but later published a second one, praising the service. Moses Kemibaro published a mostly negative review first, to later say that itβs actually a game changer. I want to add to this, especially for the Nairobi folks. I tested the service in Nairobi. We had fibre internet at our place for a few years now and itβs been working 90% of the time - especially with JTL Faiba. Why, then, am I testing Starlink? Well. April was challenging. The heavy rainfall caused many outages, speed drops and an overwhelmed support team at JTL. Furthermore, the price of 10k for 60mbps up/down is pretty steep. We havenβt had a single issue with Faiba since we switched to them 2 years ago, but I thought itβs worth trying something new. Especially since Starlink has a 30 day return policy - making a trial basically zero risk. I also heard from a friend that Starlink works really well for him in Nairobi, so I thought: if the speeds are higher than JTL, and the monthly price lower, is it worth switching? The answer is below. ββββββ Ordering Process I ordered Starlink right after their 55% price decrease was announced. The kit took about 5 days from California to my apartment in Nairobi, delivered by DHL. 3100 bop delivery. Wow. Set-Up The set-up is ridiculously easy. Almost idiot-proof. To illustrate exactly how easy this was: When the DHL truck arrived, I had JUST put noodles on the stove, they need around 10 minutes to boil. I took the package, unpacked it and then plugged in the router and set up the dish outside, where the sky was visible. I went on the app and it connected super fast via Wifi. By the time the set-up was finished, the noodles werenβt even fully cooked yet. I ran a speed test and immediately got above 60mbps, with a terrible latency of 300ms. Here is why I got those numbers: if you donβt make sure you eliminate obstructions (trees, other buildings or anything else between the dish and the sky) you will have connection issues. Our solution was to have a welder make a mount to install it on the roof. There were still some trees around, but we managed to minimize obstructions. See the obstruction map here: https://preview.redd.it/er916x1n5lzc1.jpg?width=1172&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b23343995d0abe0a9089d2e2d70e19b03c56b15b Basically, this system is plug-and-play. Put up the dish in its location, plug the cable into the router, plug the router into the power socket, almost done. The dish starts orienting itself (there are motors in the dish, you do not have to orient it yourself) and it finds the best position to the sky. In Nairobi, the dish will want to point itself slightly South. Keep this in mind, thatβs where you want to eliminate obstructions as much as possible. A note to people interested: the dish is not only receiving a signal but also sends data - for uploads. This means that the dish and satellites can interfere with geostationary satellites if not positioned correctly. These basically hover in a (very) high altitude above the equator. This means the dish always points away from the equator to not interfere with those satellites. However, weβre very close or on the equator in Kenya. This means, your dish will ignore a certain band and send and receive βaround itβ. To visualize this, check this screenshot from the Starlink app. Donβt worry, the service works just fine even with this dead band in the middle of the sky in my obstruction map. Once the dish was on the roof and connected, I put the Starlink router into bridge mode and used our existing router to distribute the signal since the Starlink router alone canβt handle thick walls, which we have in our apartment building. I donβt recommend doing this unless you have a powerful router for distribution or an existing mesh network. Build quality Itβs appropriate. I think it canβt be overstated how intricate the technology in the dish is. From the outside, itβs super simple and mostly plastic. However, everything looks and feels nice and sturdy. Price For a long time, I did not think that Starlink had a future in Kenya due to the very high upfront costs. For most people in Kenya, 89k bob is just too much to shell out. Including myself. However, the calculation, if one has the cash flow, that really matters is if the service is cost effective in the long-term and how the costs compare to other local providers / options. Faiba 60mbps is 10k bob, Starlink 6.5k bob a month. I am aware that Starlinks prices will most likely increase over time. But as youβll see below, for what youβre getting, itβs still cost effective and competitive. In my case, 24 months of JTL Faiba 60mbps was 240k bob. 24 months of Starlink, including the setup costs at the reduced price down to 39k bob was 200k bob. So, objectively, Starlink is more cost effective over the long-term, with a promise of higher speeds than the JTL option. 40k bob cheaper over 2 years. However: does the system actually hold up and keep its promises? Speed Testing I started out with an entware script that automatically ran the Ookla Speedtest once an hour. However, I quickly realised this isnβt really going to tell us much. The speeds fluctuate A LOT. You might get 40mbps one moment and 3 minutes later get 300mbps (yes, I managed to get over 300 in Nairobi). Download In all my tests I did never drop below 40 mbps but most of the time stayed above 100 mbps. Clouds donβt really matter that much, I got speeds of 100-200 on a cloudy day as much as I got 40-100. It just fluctuates, probably with the position of satellites as well as usage during peak hours by others. Average speed was 116mbps. Almost double what I had with JTL Faiba, for almost half the price. Upload This is really nothing to write home about. My average upload speed was around 8mbps. Highest I saw maybe around 20, lowest around 5. But I need to state this clearly because I didnβt realize this myself: if you donβt livestream or upload large files, this does not matter whatsoever. It has 0 impact on video calls etc. However, for a YouTuber, a streamer or if big files need to be uploaded, it might be a bit painful. I would in that case do what most people do: upload over night. Latency I did do a bunch of speed tests, pinging different servers around the world, to get an idea over the range. I would say lowest is to US and Europe, with around 90-110ms usually. For servers in Asia or around Africa, it can go up to over 200ms. The worst I saw was maybe 300ms, but that was an outlier. Average for me is about 120ms pinging servers in Europe. Power Outages This one is important. The Starlink router factory resets after 6 consecutive on/off cycles. This doesnβt really affect anyone that has a stable power supply. But for all of us in Kenya, itβs actually important. We have a lot of brown-outs at our place or issues with the voltage. Meaning, power can quickly flicker on and off or the switch back and forth between our solar inverter and KPLC when voltage goes too high or too low. If this happens in quick succession, your router will factory reset and you have to reinstall it, annoying. We didnβt have any issues with this, because our inverter is pretty good and immediately takes over when the power is gone or the voltage goes below or beyond whatβs acceptable. But if you do have these issues, you have to do something about it. Best bet is to hook the dish and router up to an inverter and battery. The system doesnβt use a lot of power. 40-60w maybe, so on a 100ah battery will last quite a while. In your assessment of cost efficiency, factor this in if you donβt have a backup system yet. Overall Observations The experience has been fantastic, pretty much from day 1. It took a few hours to really get good speeds, as the dish positions itself and downloads a bunch of updates etc. My wife, who also works all day from home, didnβt even notice that we switched already from Faiba to Starlink, thatβs how stable and good the connection was. However, I actually downloaded a bunch of stuff in the background and streamed music. Usually, even with 60mbps on Faiba, if I would do that, her calls would start to get difficult or choppy. No issues whatsoever. Bad Weather I tested the service in the rains as well. In light rain, there are absolutely no issues. I got the same great speeds of over 100mbps down with around 100-110 latency. What I couldnβt do it test it during the thunderstorms. My expectation is that the service does deteriorate. However, a friend who has been using Starlink for a few weeks has said that even during the worst of the El NiΓ±o rains, he was able to normal work, surf and stream with very small outages. However, these outages would last a few seconds at max, meaning that except for the occasional video call freeze, he was totally fine. Just to compare: I get these freezes on fibre and 4G as well. 5G is even less stable in bad weather. Overall Experience and Opinion
Also, I have seen a few country-wide outages in Kenya in the past few years, they usually didnβt last long, but they do happen. Itβs great knowing that in such a case, Iβll have no problem accessing the internet. Future Expectations So, given the progress and growth of Starlink users, I do believe the service will improve with more ground stations and more satellites. However, what weβve seen from other countries is also that prices will probably go up at some point, but so will the speeds. Latency is going to make a massive jump once there is a ground station in East Africa. Nigerians get 25ms - the only reason for that is that they donβt rely on inter-satellite links as much. At this point, I think Starlink and fibre are actually in direct competition given the cost of mediocre speeds in Kenya today. All in all, thatβs a good thing. I hope fibre operators become more competitive, this would be a win for all of us. I wish the sale was around a little longer for all of you to take advantage of. |
2024.05.10 13:34 National-Frank-4091 Starlink Experience in Nairobi
Hi Kenya on Reddit. submitted by National-Frank-4091 to Kenya [link] [comments] TLDR: Starlink performs very well. It is a viable alternative to fibre in Nairobi for almost all use cases, and a game changer in the village. If you have the cash and think it makes financial sense in the long run, test it out at your location, you can always return within the 30 day window. And I'd do so soon, since the cheap offer ends in the next few days. ββββββ I saw a bunch of posts asking about the cost, quality and viability of Starlink internet on this sub. So far, there is only very limited testing being posted for Kenya and the reviews I have seen are mixed. Lennox Omondi had a first review where he was pretty disappointed but later published a second one, praising the service. Moses Kemibaro published a mostly negative review first, to later say that itβs actually a game changer. I want to add to this, especially for the Nairobi folks, from my own experience. I tested the service in Nairobi. We had fibre internet at our place for a few years now and itβs been working 90% of the time - especially with JTL Faiba. Why, then, am I testing Starlink? Well. April was challenging. The heavy rainfall caused many outages, speed drops and an overwhelmed support team at JTL. Furthermore, the price of 10k for 60mbps up/down is pretty steep. We havenβt had a single issue with Faiba since we switched to them 2 years ago, but I thought itβs worth trying something new. Especially since Starlink has a 30 day return policy - making a trial basically zero risk.I also heard from a friend that Starlink works really well for him in Nairobi, so I thought: if the speeds are higher than JTL, and the monthly price lower, is it worth switching? The answer is below. ββββββ Ordering Process I ordered Starlink right after their 55% price decrease was announced. The kit took about 5 days from California to my apartment in Nairobi, delivered by DHL. 3100 bop delivery. Wow. Set-Up The set-up is ridiculously easy. Almost idiot-proof. To illustrate exactly how easy this was: When the DHL truck arrived, I had JUST put noodles on the stove, they need around 10 minutes to boil. I took the package, unpacked it and then plugged in the router and set up the dish outside, where the sky was visible. I went on the app and it connected super fast via Wifi. By the time the set-up was finished, the noodles werenβt even fully cooked yet. I ran a speed test and immediately got above 60mbps, with a terrible latency of 300ms. Here is why I got those numbers: if you donβt make sure you eliminate obstructions (trees, other buildings or anything else between the dish and the sky) you will have connection issues. My solution was to have a welder make a mount to install it on the roof. There were still some trees around, but we managed to minimize obstructions. See the obstruction map here: https://preview.redd.it/x2wndqqt4lzc1.jpg?width=1172&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2a2d8a4323295567898ac31a866ff90fe4364dd Basically, this system is plug-and-play. Put up the dish in its location, plug the cable into the router, plug the router into the power socket, almost done. The dish starts orienting itself (there are motors in the dish, you do not have to orient it yourself) and it finds the best position to the sky. In Nairobi, the dish will want to point itself slightly South. Keep this in mind, thatβs where you want to eliminate obstructions as much as possible. A note to people interested: the dish is not only receiving a signal but also sends data - for uploads. This means that the dish and satellites can interfere with geostationary satellites if not positioned correctly. These basically hover in a (very) high altitude above the equator. This means the dish always points away from the equator to not interfere with those satellites. However, weβre very close or on the equator in Kenya. This means, your dish will ignore a certain band and send and receive βaround itβ. To visualize this, check this screenshot from the Starlink app. Donβt worry, the service works just fine even with this dead band in the middle of the sky in my obstruction map. Once the dish was on the roof and connected, I put the Starlink router into bridge mode and used our existing router to distribute the signal since the Starlink router alone canβt handle thick walls, which we have in our apartment building. I donβt recommend doing this unless you have a powerful router for distribution or an existing mesh network. Build quality Itβs appropriate. I think it canβt be overstated how intricate the technology in the dish is. From the outside, itβs super simple and mostly plastic. However, everything looks and feels nice and sturdy. Price For a long time, I did not think that Starlink had a future in Kenya due to the very high upfront costs. For most people in Kenya, 89k bob is just too much to shell out. Including myself. However, the calculation, if one has the cash flow, that really matters is if the service is cost effective in the long-term and how the costs compare to other local providers / options. Faiba 60mbps is 10k bob, Starlink 6.5k bob a month. I am aware that Starlinks prices will most likely increase over time. But as youβll see below, for what youβre getting, itβs still cost effective and competitive. In my case, 24 months of JTL Faiba 60mbps was 240k bob. 24 months of Starlink, including the setup costs at the reduced price down to 39k bob was 200k bob. So, objectively, Starlink is more cost effective over the long-term, with a promise of higher speeds than the JTL option. 40k bob cheaper over 2 years. However: does the system actually hold up and keep its promises? Speed Testing I started out with an entware script that automatically ran the Ookla Speedtest once an hour. However, I quickly realised this isnβt really going to tell us much. The speeds fluctuate A LOT. You might get 40mbps one moment and 3 minutes later get 300mbps (yes, I managed to get over 300 in Nairobi). Download In all my tests I did never drop below 40 mbps but most of the time stayed above 100 mbps. Clouds donβt really matter that much, I got speeds of 100-200 on a cloudy day as much as I got 40-100. It just fluctuates, probably with the position of satellites as well as usage during peak hours by others. Average speed was 116mbps. Almost double what I had with JTL Faiba, for almost half the price. Upload This is really nothing to write home about. My average upload speed was around 8mbps. Highest I saw maybe around 20, lowest around 5. But I need to state this clearly because I didnβt realize this myself: if you donβt livestream or upload large files, this does not matter whatsoever. It has 0 impact on video calls etc. However, for a YouTuber, a streamer or if big files need to be uploaded, it might be a bit painful. I would in that case do what most people do: upload over night. Latency I did do a bunch of speed tests, pinging different servers around the world, to get an idea over the range. I would say lowest is to US and Europe, with around 90-110ms usually. For servers in Asia or around Africa, it can go up to over 200ms. The worst I saw was maybe 300ms, but that was an outlier. Average for me is about 120ms pinging servers in Paris, London and Frankfurt as well as the US. Power Outages This one is important. The Starlink router factory resets after 6 consecutive on/off cycles. This doesnβt really affect anyone that has a stable power supply. But for all of us in Kenya, itβs actually important. We have a lot of brown-outs at our place or issues with the voltage. Meaning, power can quickly flicker on and off or the switch back and forth between our solar inverter and KPLC when voltage goes too high or too low. If this happens in quick succession, your router will factory reset and you have to reinstall it, annoying. We didnβt have any issues with this, because our inverter is pretty good and immediately takes over when the power is gone or the voltage goes below or beyond whatβs acceptable. But if you do have these issues, you have to do something about it. Best bet is to hook the dish and router up to an inverter and battery. The system doesnβt use a lot of power. 40-60w maybe, so on a 100ah battery will last quite a while. In your assessment of cost efficiency, factor this in if you donβt have a backup system yet. Overall Observations The experience has been fantastic, pretty much from day 1. It took a few hours to really get good speeds, as the dish positions itself and downloads a bunch of updates etc. My wife, who also works all day from home, didnβt even notice that we switched already from Faiba to Starlink, thatβs how stable and good the connection was. However, I actually downloaded a bunch of stuff in the background and streamed music. Usually, even with 60mbps on Faiba, if I would do that, her calls would start to get difficult or choppy and I would hear complaints. No issues whatsoever with Starlink. Bad Weather I tested the service in the rains as well. In light rain, there are absolutely no issues. I got the same great speeds of over 100mbps down with around 100-110 latency. What I couldnβt do it test it during the heavy thunderstorms. My expectation is that the service does deteriorate. However, a friend who has been using Starlink for a few weeks has said that even during the worst of the El NiΓ±o rains and thunder, he was able to normal work, surf and stream with very small outages and still got around 40mbps. However, outages would last a few seconds at max, meaning that except for the occasional video call freeze, he was totally fine. Just to compare: I get these freezes on fibre and 4G as well. 5G is even less stable in bad weather. Overall Experience and Opinion Video and WhatsApp callsPerfect. 4k StreamingPerfect. GamingGood but not perfect. I had no issues with playing games, including FPS and even managed to stream Fortnite via a VPN. It was choppy but I was just shocked it worked at all. It would be nice if the latency was below 100ms consistently. SurfingPerfect. The big downside of Starlink so far is the latency and the upload, compared to optical fibre or 5g, but in all honesty, itβs not that big of a deal for the average user. I didnβt feel it at all and I think for people in rural areas, this service is probably better and cheaper than anything you could get. Also, I have seen a few country-wide outages in Kenya in the past few years, they usually didnβt last long, but they do happen. Itβs great knowing that in such a case, Iβll have no problem accessing the internet. Future Expectations So, given the progress and growth of Starlink users, I do believe the service will improve with more ground stations and more satellites. However, what weβve seen from other countries is also that prices will probably go up at some point, but so will the speeds. Latency is going to make a massive jump once there is a ground station in East Africa. Nigerians get 25ms - the only reason for that is that they donβt rely on inter-satellite links as much. At this point, I think Starlink and fibre are actually in direct competition given the cost of mediocre speeds in Kenya today. All in all, thatβs a good thing. I hope fibre operators become more competitive, this would be a win for all of us. I wish the sale was around a little longer for all of you to take advantage of. Hope this post was helpful to people. |
2024.05.10 00:42 bigbossinthejungle TIL about plastic welders
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2024.05.07 07:22 VesperMeliora THIS BUGGER
So, let me set the scene. . . submitted by VesperMeliora to spiders [link] [comments] It's 2am. I've been up all night waiting for my girlfriend to return home from the hospital. I'd been up waiting for her text to tell me she's on her way, so, bleary eyed from exhaustion (I'm a welder by trade) and with a need to poop, I grab my phone, and off to the look I go. Now, I am not a fan of spiders. I have a healthy if apprehensive respect for them, but no fear. So, there I am, battling a "demon from the underdark" and as I was just finishing up, I reach across to grab the toilet paper, and Lo and behold, THIS BUGGER is chilling on the floor right in front of me, just... Staring. Front legs up and everything. Needless to say, I finished up even more speedily than anticipated, leaping off the toilet as I do so. Stumbling to the kitchen for the plastic bowl, my boxers still around my knees, and the spider not far behind, chasing my shadow, I manage to grab it, and throw it over the spider. My blood had gone cold, when it started chasing me, okay! As I'm calming down, this GOLIATH OF A BASTARD, starts lifting the bowl. So I scramble, stubbing my toe on the leg of the coffee table in the process and learning I can speak several foreign languages all of a sudden, I grab a piece of cardboard, and slip it underneath while my perverted multi-eyed visitor-turned-captive is still attempting his escape. To cut to a long, rather humourous story short, I took him outside and released him into the garden, after regaining my composure, and headed back inside to apologize to my neighbours, who'd woken up in the ordeal. |
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2024.04.28 07:07 petdeloup819 Advice needed Is my bumper worth repairing or better to replace? If repairable, how is the best? ( Γpoxy glue, plastic welder, tie raps?)
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