Home Internet Without a Phone Line?

We still have a copper landline, but it is too degraded to handle ADSL internet, we had NBN satellite which was woeful (couldn’t run video or look at some popular sites like realestate), nearest mobile tower was 23km away (no calls, SMS semi-reliable).

We signed up with Starlink a couple of years ago and have had reliable fast (50 to 100 times faster than NBN satellite). Its about twice the price of the NBN, but the opportunity to do study and watch the videos and participate in zoom calls with actual video, not just audio, to watch streaming rather than watch the buffering bar, makes it all worthwhile.

Starlink is unlimited data. You need uninterrupted view of the sky to the south (in Qld). If you have tall trees and can’t get your dish high enough, then it won’t be as good. $139/month. My mobile will Wi-Fi through the StarLink service as the mobile signal isn’t good enough here, we kept the copper landline with all its static. Very happy with StarLink

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