My son seems to have downloaded a movie with a torrenting software and I received this on my starlink app. The second notification I got on the app was that the ticket was closed.

Realistically, will something come of this? He's a teenager and probably didn't know better.

Also, I have paid PIA VPN, will using this protect our internet traffic going forth?

What does the strip (circled in red) mean? I installed the dish a couple of days ago, it should have finished gathering data by now, right? The dish is mounted on the roof, so there are no obstructions, and it is aligned perfectly well. There are no outages, the speed is at the maximum value to which I subscribed to (100Mbps), so it’s working fine. I’m just curious what this seemingly unmapped strip is/means?

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alleged-israeli-spy-company-heavily-targeted-starlink-users-sources-say-2026-10-27/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

I've had this Gen 2 system for years. Been great. 8-ish months ago, lost connection and narrowed it down to the cable between the dish and router. Starlink no longer sells Gen 2 cables, so I got one on Amazon. Life was good until yesterday.

Xfinity advertised an upcoming outage so I pulled the dish out (I don't use it at home, only on the road) fired it up and had Internet working for half a day. It even did a firmware update right after powering on. Then in the afternoon - nothing. No internet. Router alive. Can connect to the Starlink AP, just no uplink to Internet.

Factory reset router. Nothing, still alive but no internet. Suspected another bad cable, so I pulled out the back-up also from Amazon. This time, dish moved - from dead-fish, to down and back to dead-fish. (So the cable is somewhat functional.) but still Starlink AP alive and no internet.

Dayum. Fiddle some more, check prices of new systems. Then head down to open a ticket w/ Starlink. Right after question 2, grok ?knows? that the cable between my router and dish is bad. [ How? I didn't tell it that, just that I had lost Internet. ]

Grok offers up a nice deal on a new-ish Gen 4 system, so I took them up on their offer. But still. Why did it work well enough to download an update and give me Internet for an hour or so? Then die? How did grok know the cable was bad?

Firmware update to maybe get Gen 2 systems off their network??? Pass the tin-foil please.

I was thinking about going with the residential option but I’m worried about winter. I live in western Minnesota and some days during the winter get down to 15-25 below. Will starlink work during those days?

I ordered a v5 over 6 weeks ago and have not received an update (still showing preparing shipment). I live in a rural area and really need internet. Any suggestions on options with Starlink? Should I buy a mini and set up a roam plan while waiting?

If I upgrade from the standby mode ($15cad) to 100GB plan ($60cad bundle deal), do they subtract the $15 I already paid that month for standby mode before figuring out the prorated rate? Or do they prorate from the full $60? Reason I ask because I just upgraded and it told me I would be getting charged $18 and some cents if i upgraded today, i didnt pay much attention because I was fine with it, but then when I actually swiped for the upgrade I was charge $23.23 plus tax? So I am wondering if there is an error here like I have had many with my billing with starlink. Why the discrepancy with the figures? This isnt the first time this has happened to me too when upgrading, being told i would be charged a certain price today, but then charged a price quite a bit more, now that this has happened again, i am wondereing what the hell.

Haven't had any issues until today. I am in a major city so I'm sure it's due to congestion. Was trying to play some games with my friends but my speed and latency was terrible and made my game unplayable! What can I do to make it better?

How do you get the best service with your Starlink Mini?

Has anyone else built a Starlink fleet manager?

I’ve tried opening the starlink app on both my phone and home laptop and both are refusing to open the app, I don’t have any starlink equipment yet and I’m not signed up for anything yet I just wanted to get the app to see how it work and looks. Do I need to be connected to starlink for it to open?

Anyone ever had their power supply just die? Came home and my blink cameras were off. Starlink power supply and router were just dead. Not an outlet issue, no weather, no power issues.

I got replacements coming but surely it’s something simple, right?

From the South Texas area near a major city. Until 3 days ago, Starlink WiFi was available as a public network in my neighborhood, and it worked beautifully. It didn’t require payment, and I never saw where the receiver was. However, I noticed the WiFi doesn’t even come up as an option anymore. It doesn’t look like there are any major outages reported. Is it gone forever? :(

My sister-in-law has had an old Gen 2 ish installed on the roof that has the USBC connection. The dish has died and we have bought a new Gen 3 dish that's just been sitting on the ground so we could get them back online.

Has anyone ever cut the USBC ends off of the Gen 2 cable and reused it for the gen 3 dish successfully?

What do I need to be aware of doing this?

Update: I was able to order a 150' cable to be here in time. Thanks for all the input.

Hey guys!

I'm traveling through South America in my Toyota RAV4 with a rooftop tent, and I'm looking for a way to mount my Starlink Mini while driving.

There's some space behind the tent where Starlink works fine. I'm considering a magnetic mount, but I'd like something I can easily take off and store inside when parked.

Anyone using magnetic mounts at highway speeds? Are they secure and easy to remove, or would you recommend something else?

Thanks! I'll attach some photos of my setup.

I don’t want to completely get rid of my starting, but it’s just not cutting it for me. Speeds are too inconsistent and slower than advertised. I do, however, want to keep it for a backup. I keep sinking everyone talk about standby mode. I look at my plans and that option isn’t there for me. I’m renting a V4.

I am going to buy a starlink mini but just have a question.

The installment that is offered, can I put it into standby after getting it or do I need to just pay the $149 outright to do that?

Also, with that, does anyone have any good referrals?

If you have a firestick best cancel your sling. They just informed me of a system wide issue (error 8-702) that Sling has no timeline for repair of. This is per Jonathan in the customer service department

We have a Starlink Gen 1 performance installed at a location in West Wales and it seems that the power supply UTP-221 has failed (no white light showing when plugged in). We've got on to starlink support to try and get an unit sent out, but does anyone know

1) what's the usual lead/delivery time on Starlink support getting kit sent out

Or

2) is there another power supply we can source to get us back online?

Thanks for reading

UPDATE: I got on to starlink support who confirmed that they no longer offer replacement parts for the Gen 1 high performance kit. They've dispatched a Gen 4 X kit as a replacement and should arrive in 2-3 days. In the meantime we've sourced a replacement UTP-221 supply from eBay to fry and get the original unit working so we don't have to replace the dish and bracketry

Quick update for everyone running Dishylink 🎉

A lot of you are outside the US, and the most common request lately has been "can I use it in my language?" So 1.3 is all about that, plus a few things I've wanted for a while:

1. Multi-language support: Dishylink now comes in English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Change it in Settings › App.
2. Outage post-mortem reports: when an outage ends, Dishylink writes up the five minutes before it: latency, throughput, what the dish itself says caused it, and any heat or snow melt.
3. 12-hour or 24-hour time support:** pick one, or leave it on Automatic to follow your language.
4. Event log upgrades: hover a time to see the date, and network band switches now show which device moved and between which bands.
5. Fixes: dish factory reset works again (it was failing with "Unimplemented").
6. Chart Improvement: Erratic chart movement is now stable; charts no longer redraw their older points every second.

Desktop App: https://dishylink.com/#get

Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pljgamnkfokhbchiiommnblkjffffnna

Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dishylink/

Github Release: https://github.com/DaveyHert/Dishylink/releases/tag/v1.3.0

The Edge extensions will update on its own once the stores approve 1.3.

As always, thanks to everyone filing bugs and sending ideas. Keep them coming, here or on GitHub. Thanks for all the support.

I am checking to see if anyone else is out or if it’s just me.

I ordered a Starlink mini on October 7. It was delayed several times, and I finally just received it today. When I initially purchased it, they were running a special for $149 that could be paid through installments. I selected that option. On my invoice, it’s says $0.

Because of the shipping delay, I bought a Starlink mini at Sam’s Club $250.

When I went to return the Starlink shipped to me, grok said that I received the mini for $0 and that I owe absolutely nothing on the Starlink mini kit. How is this possible? It assured me that I got it for free