I meant about half, 21 GB consumed....I was for some reason thinking it was telling me I had 21GB left, but I've USED 21GB...so about 29 GB remaining.
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There are from articles I read 5? more companies that have FCC permitting and have a satellite or three up and are now testing. Amazon is among them. They have a couple of years remaining on their trial permit period left before they need fully comply to all the standards. In the meantime they are very busy getting things fine tuned to start selling services.
Sorry but I am not in the mood to track down that article but I think part of the title for the website was “space news”. I need to finish my coffee and go get a shower and do laundry. So busy morning
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If you spray laundry detergent on your clothes, set the shower to the appropriate temperature, turn on some dancing music before stepping into the shower with your coffee (in a splash free cup of course), you'll have a ton of time left to enjoy the rest of the morning.I need to finish my coffee and go get a shower and do laundry. So busy morning
Neither you or your clothes might be as clean as if done separately, but it would be efficient in its own way.
None of your suggestions work for my life style.
You do you and I will do me. My methods are definitely not based on madness but instead have very real logical thinking as well as experience with years of nomadic life behind them living in a very small travel trailer. For instance the laundry detergent. I travel with laundry pods, not bottles of liquid or even pretreating sprays. Space and weight savings! You not take coffee into public showers. My time is not limited, I am self employed part time so there is no rushing around. I have tinnitus, I no longer listen to dance music as it makes my tinnitus go into high volume for a whole day. Like I said you do you and I will do me.
You do you and I will do me. My methods are definitely not based on madness but instead have very real logical thinking as well as experience with years of nomadic life behind them living in a very small travel trailer. For instance the laundry detergent. I travel with laundry pods, not bottles of liquid or even pretreating sprays. Space and weight savings! You not take coffee into public showers. My time is not limited, I am self employed part time so there is no rushing around. I have tinnitus, I no longer listen to dance music as it makes my tinnitus go into high volume for a whole day. Like I said you do you and I will do me.
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You do realize I was joking right?
Nope. You were much too specific about what you recommended for it to sound like a joke. It just sounded like what you were doing yourself while living in a sticks and bricks house. Better luck next try!
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I have always known I was a tiny little fish in a very big pond. That always happens when you are the middle child in a large baby boomer family. You get hand me downs, no new bicycles for you for under the Christmas tree 
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When you work for a giant company in the largest by volume building in the world you are reminded every minute of the work day you are physically very tiny and you get constant teminders by management at meetings that you are just a number and easily replaced.
Middle aged and older women had better get used to being treated as invisible by male store clerks. Because that is our ranking.
Out here on public lands we are just a license plate number among many to be herded off to other places by Rangers.
I like being pretty much invisible, just another number in a crowd. That has its benefits, like driving around in a white van or other vehicle that is common as dirt so you do not want to draw attention to yourself. I learned early on at school to be invisible to avoid being a teacher’s pet. Or getting assigned extra chores.
How about you? Did you make being a little fish in a big pond be your happy place? I was born in the position of “little fish” in the middle and found it to be relatively comfy.
.When you work for a giant company in the largest by volume building in the world you are reminded every minute of the work day you are physically very tiny and you get constant teminders by management at meetings that you are just a number and easily replaced.
Middle aged and older women had better get used to being treated as invisible by male store clerks. Because that is our ranking.
Out here on public lands we are just a license plate number among many to be herded off to other places by Rangers.
I like being pretty much invisible, just another number in a crowd. That has its benefits, like driving around in a white van or other vehicle that is common as dirt so you do not want to draw attention to yourself. I learned early on at school to be invisible to avoid being a teacher’s pet. Or getting assigned extra chores.
How about you? Did you make being a little fish in a big pond be your happy place? I was born in the position of “little fish” in the middle and found it to be relatively comfy.
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That's a nice scenic detour from the original topic.
But let's try to return to the main topic: Nomads and Starlink.
Thanks.
But let's try to return to the main topic: Nomads and Starlink.
Thanks.
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That sounds somewhat bleak. Knowing other women who lived during those same times, they had different experiences. And still do.I have always known I was a tiny little fish in a very big pond. That always happens when you are the middle child in a large baby boomer family. You get hand me downs, no new bicycles for you for under the Christmas tree
When you work for a giant company in the largest by volume building in the world you are reminded every minute of the work day you are physically very tiny and you get constant teminders by management at meetings that you are just a number and easily replaced.
Middle aged and older women had better get used to being treated as invisible by male store clerks. Because that is our ranking.
Out here on public lands we are just a license plate number among many to be herded off to other places by Rangers.
I like being pretty much invisible, just another number in a crowd. That has its benefits, like driving around in a white van or other vehicle that is common as dirt so you do not want to draw attention to yourself. I learned early on at school to be invisible to avoid being a teacher’s pet. Or getting assigned extra chores.
And in this different time, I feel that I've done my part in ensuring my daughters won't ever feel that insignificant.
Everyone's path is different. For whatever your life has dealt you, you seem extremely competent and capable, regardless of gender.
I myself am not a fish. But my favorite place in the world is the beach. That said, I'm very comfortable in any setting.
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I'm impressed by the positive reports on your Star Link usage. 21gb over that time is very reasonable. I would probably do a mix of movie or large downloads when free Wi-Fi is available if possible.
But just the connectivity and size of that small dish and plan is a game changer.
But just the connectivity and size of that small dish and plan is a game changer.
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I tried using a monitor at home just to see what my "normal" use was and it was ~60GB for a month. Watching or downloading videos was most of it. For other surfing, an ad blocker probably helps a lot.
Just wanted to add that apparently if you go over 50GB it's $1/GB, so not a huge hit if you happen to go over occasionally.
The big unknown is how reliable and long lasting the dish/router is... plus will the price of service increase? Last I heard, Starlink is a money-loser, so these aren't inflated monopoly prices! Still, eventual competition should be a good thing for us.
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Being a little fish does not mean I am timid or lacking in a sense of adventure or intelligence or skills. It just means I am not into being an aggressive type who has to take a bite out of everything and everyone. That I can swim happily along with the masses getting what I need to survive without getting eaten up by predator types.
As to being a girl. My parents were ahead of their time in believing that girls and boys should be treated the same. Well almost, they thought a college education was more important for women, they understood about wages and opportunities for women not being equal. They also stated that my brothers should go into the military right out of high school to gain extra maturity before going to college. So that is what my brothers did, one into the Air Force, one into the regular army and my youngest brother went to West Point. My sister and I were sent to university. But I never did get to have a new bicycle and roller skates until I bought them as an adult.
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I took my V3 standard with me to Alaska this summer. I was in a van and found that the size and number of components made it a less than desirable setup. But what really bothered me was the power consumption.
When I got back home, I ordered the mini and a battery brick to power it with the USB-C to barrel cable. I got the cable third party and it’s only about 3 feet long. I’ve been able to run it from my van’s dashboard. Much easier to setup and uses much less power than the standard.
I currently am on the $50 plan with the $1/gig option turned on.
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It sounds like it wants a 20V 5A USB-C. I would want to use my 12v powerbank in the camper. I'm fine with making my own adapters, and I already have a 12V-19V boost converter to power the laptop. So... it seems that a 12g wire with a USB-C connector should work fine... unless the mini is very sensitive to voltage.
It can be difficult to know what companies are building into products. For a while I had a tablet that refused to charge quickly on any usb cable that did not come from the manufacturer of the tablet. This predated the use of usb type C which has more even more sophistication built into it for power “smarts”.
No one is going to be gifting me a Starlink mini so it is not something I will be dealing with anytime soon.
