Starlink At The Yurt!

[UKadventurer]

Originally Posted by TSRalex

Did you order it for your Mongolian address, or are you a customer from UK for them?

Mongolian address. I don’t have residency in the UK. My understanding is that it works by location and can’t be moved around. Yet. Has that changed? The Mongolian regulators needs to approve it before it’d work, as far as I know.

[Bob Rowlands]

Research other options?

[UKadventurer]

Originally Posted by Bob Rowlands

Research other options?

Unfortunately we have the best options available in Mongolia already and they are still woeful yet costly. I also had to get a 4g booster plus antenna and stick it on a mast to amplify the signal. We’re lucky we’re within range compared to typical herders who can’t get any signal.

City speeds are decent but we’re 32km (about 20 miles) from the city with mountains between us.

Starlink will be awesome if/when we can get it.

[TSRalex]

Originally Posted by UKadventurer

My understanding is that it works by location and can’t be moved around.

Yes, that was my current understanding too, but your lines was confusing me a little bit.

Originally Posted by UKadventurer

The Mongolian regulators needs to approve it before it’d work, as far as I know.

I guess, that Starlink has their permission to operate its products in the country - otherwise they wouldn´t give the possibility to offer it to customers there.

Originally Posted by UKadventurer

.... and now talking about 2023

Their map says 2023. Russia & China are deleted from this map...

Maybe Starlink needs to solve the security, that the Mongolian accesses can not be used in the neighbor countries RU & CN.

https://www.starlink.com/map

BTW:

https://findstarlink.com/

[UKadventurer]

I’m guessing demand exceeds supply for Starlink. Lots of people want it but they can only make so many dishes and electronic components.

It’s a bit expensive for Mongolians budgets but there are enough well-off people who will pay up.

I’m also guessing the big internet providers in Mongolia might lobby against Starlink but they can’t possibly offer an alternative that would offer nationwide coverage. So I doubt they’ll be able to block it.