Starlink "Support"?
1 jtotheh 2 8/9/2025, 5:39:20 PM
I just spent a day trying to get a starlink installation to work. I could verify that it was talking to the satellite from the "statistics", but it found the present location unacceptable and was in "restricted" mode = useless. So I tried to resolve it through the app, the website, etc. I changed the account to "ROAM" type so it shouldn't have mattered where I was. Their "support" consisted of an autoreply to a ticket, no way to get a human, even a chatbot. We just replaced it with a T-Mobile 5G device. T-Mobile was a pleasure to deal with.
I'm just wondering if others have also had bad experiences with Starlink "support". I assume they just figure the money they save by not providiing it is more than the business they lose????
I would recommend you keep that T-Mobile 5G home internet station as backup considering the price point ($35-$50/month) and 5 year price lock guarantee (as of this comment). Get a router that will load balance and failover between both that and Starlink.