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Comment by Reubend

A mobile failover would be cheaper and would give you better connectivity in heavy rain.

A 4G dongle can be purchased for $15, rather than $200 for a Starlink Mini. Then, let's say your main internet source fails and you need to actually use the backup plan beyond the standby amount of 0.5 Mbps. That will cost you a minimum of $50 for Starlink, versus roughly $25 for a month of unlimited cell service. As for standby costs, you can find phone plans for $5 per month tat give a small amount of fast data, as opposed to Starlink's unlimited amount of slow data.

But of course this only works for areas that actually have cell service.

parent Reubend 7 months ago

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