I just saw an article this morning that Starlink is going to allow for mobile operations. The cost will be an additional $25 per month. This on top of the $110 fee per month and the $599 in equipment.

The big issue is Starlink all that it is cracked up to be? There are already reports that it is not. One big thing for sure is the power usage. The new units have a lower power usage about 60-70 Watts but that is still a lot for someone in an RV full time, who is boondocking it. A rough calculation would put that at 5 amps per hour. Which for 24hr service would be around 120 ampH. That's my whole battery system. Even if I just did 12 hours a day , it would still be 60 ampH and that's a pretty impressive drain. I certainly would need a 4th battery in my current battery bank. Because of the way we use Internet, during the day work and at night streaming, it is more likely that we would be running it at least 18 hours and in some cases 20 hours.

One other things is that you still need a pretty good view of the sky. So depending on where we are at, we may or may not get the Internet still.

I am also not sure if I want to pay $135 per month in fees combined with the power usage. This is going to be one of those things I will have to talk over with the wife.

• https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/starlink-adds-25-month-portability-add-on-that-lets-users-move-their-internet-around/
• https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/5/23058181/starlink-portability-internet-price-locations
• https://provscons.com/is-starlink-internet-worth-buying/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/pkcgn4/starlink_power_consumption/