One big caveat we just went through the pain of figuring out - it currently
does not support L2TP/IPSec and IKEv2 VPN protocols to pass through.
Guess what my father in-law’s company uses for teleworking, which he is doing
exclusively due to COVID?
Only workarounds at the moment are a different VPN protocol (known to work with
PPTP, SSTP, OpenVPN, AnyConnect, Lightway and LightGuard) or not use it.
They’re supposed to correct with a firmware update.
The LTE model works fine with everything but we only got 20-70Mbps (only, hah!)
on it.
Truly unlimited. When we set up NAS syncing between us a couple months ago they
burned 1.7TB of data in one month.
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Robert Cole
On Mar 9, 2021, 20:43 -0500, Eric Cardwell <ecardwell@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Thanks for the info Robert, I have friends waiting on Starlink too I will
pass this on to them.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 7:20 PM Robert Cole <rncole@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know we have some folks that are spread out, so I figured I’d pass
along this anecdote.
Just finished swapping the cellular router at my in-law’s from an LTE one
to a 5G one that t-mobile sent as a free upgrade. They now get
consistently about 300Mbps download and upwards of 450Mbps, plus
25-35Mbps.
Cost is $50/mo, no contracts. Also, no data caps or anything like that.
So, if your internet options are limited, it may be worth checking them
out. If you don’t know if you have T-Mobile service in your area I’d be
happy to swing by with my phone and run a test.
Their story is they have no landline options, period. Xfinity wants $8k
to extend the lines from the neighbor’s house, and AT&T just says nope.
Sorry if this is off topic of typical and I’m sure seems kind of like an
ad, but really - internet at their house has been a source of extreme
frustration and until this became available last year we were just biding
time for Starlink.
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Robert Cole
