This vapid nonsense is what makes me never open a notebookchat article again. "Don't show recommendations from this site."

The demand for portable connectivity is growing and there really isn't any thing that comes close to the performance of starlink in outback Australia. The power of the current dishy is too high for running off a battery a smaller but somewhat slower version would be ideal for travellers. I think the author has confused Elons "Direct 2 cell" service and starlink. Direct 2 cell will be available with narrowband IP connectivity in 2025 otherwise its just for text with a limited number of satellites deployed.

QuoteThe portable dish is not meant to compete against LTE cellular

Excuse me - did I say the upcoming product is meant to compete against LTE?

QuoteAnd the stated speed is towards 100Mbit

100? Where did you get that number?

My guess is that the thing will either be able to communicate with two or three lower orbit satellites at once, or it will be able to communicate with a single higher orbit satellite but at a much lower rate than a "proper" dish.

QuoteTotal guess work

Yes, if you read the beginning of the article carefully, which obviously very few of you guys do, there are two things there than kind of say the same thing. #1, "opinion", #2, "the specs are unknown at this point".

QuoteStarlink is portable, with standard, marine, and RV versions available to the public.

Jesus Christ. Your definition of "portable" is clearly different from mine. To me, "portable" predominantly means two things, super-compact and able to run off the integrated battery for several hours.

Long story short. Please, please read the article first, guys. Not just a few lines. Read all of it. Then and only then write your comments.

This guy is Russian, and obviously doesn't like how Starlink is helping Ukraine.

This guy must never leave the center of a large city, for those of us that live outside of fiber optics zones, which is a great deal of the rural USA, Starlink is THE answer. It actually allows folks without dependable high speed cell service to enjoy the technology available in large cities. The benefits of starlink only get more obvious in countries with huge areas of low or non existent high speed cellular.

Blatantly vague and misunderstanding. Starlink is portable, with standard, marine, and RV versions available to the public.

Wow, this article really missed the mark. The portable dish is not meant to compete against LTE cellular, it's meant for remote areas where there is no or no decent LTE reception, like in the mountains where you hike (oh wait no, there is no Starlink access in Russia). It's meant for sailboats, RV's, hikers, the outback, the Amazon etc. And the stated speed is towards 100Mbit so yes. it will do just fine as a broadband option. We use the v2 dish for being connected while crossing the Atlantic by sailboat but I would prefer less power usage so bring on the portable dish! Do a bit of research into the audience next time.

Living off grid in central america Starlink has been a game changer: 5Mbps to 100Mbps for half the price. Now I can stay connected on my little panga out on the water, access gps and weather reports without investing in a permanent install? Amazing!

I don't think you're the target market.

What a pointless article. Total guess work and clearly motivated by prejudice.

QuoteStarlink is ALREADY portable. It has been for years.

The Standard one is portable? The one that consumes up to a 100 W and weighs several kgs? OK.........

QuoteIn Australia Starlink is easily achieving speeds over 100mbits/s in areas with no alternative internet, or sometimes even phone connection.

Yeah... but you are using a large dish that consumes lots of power, not an ultra-portable product that is supposedly the size of a modern consumer laptop and can run off the built-in battery for several hours.

QuoteThe 7 Mbit/s number is the TOTAL bandwidth of the whole satellite for cell phone connections

QuoteThe 7 mbps is for THE WHOLE CELL.

Some of you guys have anger management issues that prevent you from reading the article in its entirety first, then writing your comments.

Serge, serge, serge...

A.) The 7 mbps is for THE WHOLE CELL. Divide that up by however many users are covered and you're looking at GPRS to EDGE speeds at best. But it's not for watching cat videos. It's for texting, limited iMessage, and voice calls. Qite a few calls will fit in 7 Mbps at low bitrates.

B.) The portable dish is NOT to access that service. It won't be using HSPA or LTE. It'll be a smaller but full featured Starlink dish. I speculate the difference will be akin to the standard dishy to the high performance. In optimal conditions you'll have full speeds as fast as the network can offer. Weather and obstacles will impact performance more.


C.) The portable dish will be able to be carried around easily and work off battery without modification. Go out into the middle of nowhere more if you want to understand how huge this is. These are places your cellphone is a dead weight or would have that limited satellite connectivity. Instead? Full functionality thanks to Wi-Fi calling and decent latency.

So try not being lazy and do better.

What a stupid take. A criticism of a not yet existing product with unknown specs and price.

This is the dumbest & most out of touch article I've seen on notebookcheck since I switched to it from Endgadget to avoid ridiculous uninformed elon-hating fud like this.  I can't wait to get one of these for backpacking trips where we're off grid for days days at a time.  Sure will beat our satellite phone that takes minutes to send or receive a single text.

No Sergay, Starlink already is a realiti for years here in a poor area in Brazil. We have that in poor school areas in Amazon that just couldn't afford another internet whatsoever. About the speed we usually have about 300MB/s and we pay 180 reais that around 36 USD.

You obviously have never worked in the bush for extended periods.  This device is a game changer.