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Va AandM
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Va AandM

I do but at a friend’s farm

My friends are horse trainers who run a sales barn and who live in the sticks in Warren Co NJ (cue the Jersey jokes but is quite rural). I help them out with things a few days a week. They need high speed for business, posting sales videos and attending internet horse auctions and the only other option was dial up. Works great snd they have no complaints other than it’s expensive compared to fiber optic that’s available 7 miles away in town. Hope that helps
Posted: 04/08/2026 at 07:50 AM ET
(In response to this post by PhotoHokieNC)

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How many of youse use Starlink? I recall Fr8Dog did on his transatlantic
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:19 AM ET
I've been using it for several years. Best and most reliable of any service
VT72 • 04/08/26 06:22 PM ET
We used it at our tailgates last year
SteveInBaltimore • 04/08/26 11:39 AM ET
Never thought about it for tailgating. It looks like you can get
reestuart • 04/08/26 02:32 PM ET
That might be what my friend did**
SteveInBaltimore • 04/08/26 03:08 PM ET
Not a bad deal at all, unless I'm reading it wrong. You'd only need
reestuart • 04/08/26 03:24 PM ET
Africa**
capitals1 • 04/08/26 09:48 AM ET
We use it at our hunting cabin in rural Bland County, and I use it when
Nortazhokie • 04/08/26 09:36 AM ET
People in rural areas absolutely need it.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 04/08/26 09:23 AM ET
Yep. I paid $100 to get on the wait list.
st_andrew • 04/08/26 10:14 AM ET
Remote places. We use it at a couple sites
hoosnowahokie • 04/08/26 08:19 AM ET
I do but at a friend’s farm ◄
Va AandM • 04/08/26 07:50 AM ET
We're satisfied with Spectrum and have been for decades, throughout
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:54 AM ET
Exactly!**
EDGEMAN • 04/08/26 08:01 AM ET
A friend bought a Starlink Mini, and wasn't thrilled with...
EDGEMAN • 04/08/26 07:49 AM ET
Just signed up. Our internet here goes out for days for some reason. I'm so
Coach McGuirk • 04/08/26 07:38 AM ET
I bet Elon will let you post images from ALL your devices.**
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:43 AM ET
Yea, I wonder. Right now it seems like it takes 10 minutes for Netflix to
Coach McGuirk • 04/08/26 07:51 AM ET
Our Roku on our Vizio tv on Spectrum connectivity loads
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 08:09 AM ET
We use it now for probably 50% of our project locations at work.
GSOHokie01 • 04/08/26 07:36 AM ET