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Starlink Internet Review- My experience, slow and unreliable

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 With the promise of download speeds of 50 - 150Mbps I was very interested in trying out Starlink. I was mostly interested on it as a way to get high speed internet on a cruising sailboat and I have seen several posts that show people claiming to get reasonable results with Starlink. So some time back I registered to get notified of service in my area (currently living outside Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). The Starlink service has been been available in my area for some time, but the set-up costs were very expensive, running close to $800 (CDN) A couple of weeks back I got an email from Starlink informing me that the prices had dropped by 50%, service costs also dropped to $140/month for residential and $170/month for roaming (All CDN). This was enough to push me over the edge, and give it a try. I thought that if I could get it working well on land, it would be a viable option for a cruising sailboat. So I purchased the roaming option. Within two weeks the package arrived...... The unboxi