Man, that 500kbit/s is quite generous for that price, can easily be used to access CCTV cameras in remote areas. I currently use LTE for that and it's 10 eur for 15GB data cap per month for that use case
1a527dd5 6 minutes ago [-]
I really REALLY want this, but I just can't give money to Musk.
lijok 35 seconds ago [-]
I guarantee you, you’re giving money to people much worse than him every time you shop, without realizing it.
mynameisvlad 38 minutes ago [-]
I also do this. Xfinity went out for a few hours earlier this month and Unifi failed over almost instantly, and within minutes we had high speed internet once I upgraded us. The standby mode would have been plenty for basic web browsing, too.
$5/mo for pretty guaranteed connectivity, plus being able to take it around with me on travels is pretty awesome.
intrasight 7 minutes ago [-]
What is the role of Unifi here? I read the article and went to their site but I still have no clue.
lmz 6 minutes ago [-]
Most likely to be a router, configured to fail over.
LeoPanthera 38 minutes ago [-]
I can't give money to Musk. I just can't. OP doesn't live in the US, so maybe they don't feel this quite as acutely, but it's difficult to name someone who has done quite so much long-term damage to the US in such a short time.
tacker2000 13 minutes ago [-]
I agree. As much as Starlink is a technological miracle, the fact that I should finance the dealings of this man is too much.
SpaceX IPO is the next in the long grift chain.
tjpnz 6 minutes ago [-]
That and what it's done for ground based astronomy.
grumbelbart2 31 minutes ago [-]
> OP doesn't live in the US, so maybe they don't feel this quite as acutely
It's the same sentiment in large parts of Europe, and a major reason for dropping Tesla sales. He actively supports right-wing, eurosceptic politics and parties in several European countries.
kkapelon 12 minutes ago [-]
Using a 4g/5g router is much easier and probably cheaper/power efficient.
Depending on your area you don't even need an external one. A simple 4g dongle would do.
prism56 7 minutes ago [-]
Yup, OP is from the UK. In the UK I got a ThreeUK business SIM for £49 that lasted 2 years with 500GB data. It sits in wan failover and manages about 50mbps which is perfect to keep most services running.
dazc 4 minutes ago [-]
Very much location dependent though. I lived less than a mile from Southampton city centre for a while and could never get anything close to dial-up standard download/upload speeds.
I've heard similar from London residents.
prism56 2 minutes ago [-]
Yeah definitely. Where I am the coverage and speeds are decent on most networks.
haunter 42 minutes ago [-]
TIL standby mode. Is that enough to operate a remote webcam? Not real time video feed but say uploading a photo every 1 minute or so
olex 36 minutes ago [-]
Apparently you get unlimited data capped at 500 kbit/s. So that would be a clear "yes".
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$5/mo for pretty guaranteed connectivity, plus being able to take it around with me on travels is pretty awesome.
SpaceX IPO is the next in the long grift chain.
It's the same sentiment in large parts of Europe, and a major reason for dropping Tesla sales. He actively supports right-wing, eurosceptic politics and parties in several European countries.
Depending on your area you don't even need an external one. A simple 4g dongle would do.