I have a 2nd gen dish, in the mountains in the northern Philippines. I have a wooded ridge north of me, so it was always going to be a bit of a risk. I put it on top of my chimney, highest point on the property, and it shows this:
I have been using it for 48 hrs and don't notice any interruptions. I am considering building a structure to lift it another 5 meters or so. The speed situation is... conflicted. The Starlink in-app speed test gives me this:
However, when I test in Ookla, using a selection of servers from different countries, I never get more than 40 mbps; usually 25-30.
Two questions: 1. Which speed reflects the actual functioning speed I will get in use: the Starlink app speed or the third-party speed tests?
2. Does obstruction primarily affect speed or continuity? Wondering how much improvement I'll get from lifting it higher.
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Hi Steven, I find that you are better off running a real world test of the service. For example a YouTube stream of 4K video on more than one device and maybe download a game at the same time.. Essentially stuff that really puts the internet to work. I often use the Ookla speedtest app on mobile devices and find it to be fairly accurate but again it is not the “end all, be all”. Especially when you consider how quickly the draw on your network can change. As far as the obstructions in your area for the Dishy, it looks fairly minimal according to the diagram/picture but it never hurts to have a bit more height above your roofline if it’s easy enough to extend the mount. Personally though I would stress test your system for a while and see how it handles over a couple months and go from there.