Speedify Makes Your Starlink Internet Connection Faster and More Reliable at Burning Man
Wi-Fi at Burning Man comes from the camps: many camps set up Starlink and share its Wi-Fi with their members and visitors. There’s cell service at Burning Man too, from carriers like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, but with over 70,000 people on the same cell towers, it slows to a crawl at busy times. Starlink works at Burning Man, and it’s usually the faster choice, but even Starlink can slow down or drop in the desert.
Speedify is an app for your phone or laptop that uses Starlink Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular at the same time, for faster, steadier internet that stays online when one of them struggles.
Speedify combines Starlink with other internet sources for faster uploads and downloads, and failover
Starlink Internet Connection Drops Happen to Everyone
Speedify measures thousands of Starlink users in more than 140 countries. In September 2026, fixed Starlink dishes went offline for about 38 minutes a day on average, and Starlink dishes on RVs and boats for about 46 minutes a day.
All Starlink dishes also see short dropouts roughly every 15 seconds as the Starlink internet connection switches from one moving satellite to the next. Even a perfectly installed Starlink dish goes offline, and about 7 in 10 Starlink users on Speedify use Starlink together with a second internet connection, like 4G/5G cellular.
Is There Internet at Burning Man?
Yes. Burning Man used to mean no phone and no internet for a week. Today cell service reaches the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, but the cell towers still get overwhelmed when tens of thousands of people try to get online at once.
Starlink has spread across the camps, and many now share Starlink Wi-Fi, which is far steadier than the crowded cell towers. Not everyone likes it: some longtime burners miss the days when the whole point was to disconnect.
Your Internet Options at Burning Man
Cell Service from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
Major carriers like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile cover the Black Rock Desert, but expect cell service to slow down badly at busy times. Data can nearly stop during popular events and in the evening, when everyone is on their phone at once.
Starlink Wi-Fi from Camps, or Your Own Starlink Dish
Starlink gets its internet from satellites, so it doesn’t depend on the crowded cell towers. At busy times, a camp’s Starlink Wi-Fi is usually much faster and steadier than cell service. If your camp shares one, ask for the Wi-Fi network name and password when you arrive.
If you bring your own Starlink dish, check your Starlink plan first: Residential plans are for one fixed address, while Roam plans work away from home. In the desert heat, keep in mind that the Starlink dish works normally below 50 C (122 F) outside air, and the Starlink app shows an alert when it gets too hot.
Portable Hotspots and Travel Routers
Some burners bring a mobile hotspot or a portable 4G/5G router to set up their own small Wi-Fi network. These still use the same cell towers, but they can sometimes get a better signal than a phone’s own hotspot.
Use Starlink Wi-Fi and Cell Service Together at Burning Man with Speedify
Having more than one way to get online helps, but it helps most when you use them together. That’s what Speedify does.
How Speedify Works
Speedify uses all of your internet connections at the same time, including Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet and Starlink. Instead of being stuck with the speed of one internet connection, you get the speed of all of them together.
If one internet connection drops or slows down, Speedify moves your traffic to the others, so your call or upload keeps going (see how Speedify combines internet connections). On the playa, where internet quality changes all day, that makes a big difference. Speedify needs a second internet connection: with Starlink alone, it can’t add speed or stop drops.
What to Use Together at Burning Man
For the best internet at Burning Man, use any of these together with Speedify:
- Your camp’s Starlink Wi-Fi
- Your phone’s cellular data
- A portable hotspot
- Any other Wi-Fi network you can join
- A second portable Starlink dish
Speedify finds every internet connection you have on its own, and uses them together for more speed and fewer drops. A phone joins one Wi-Fi network at a time, so on a phone that means your camp’s Starlink Wi-Fi plus your cellular data. A laptop can add a second Wi-Fi network with a USB Wi-Fi adapter, or use your phone plugged in by USB cable.
Share Cellular Data with Your Campmates Using Speedify’s Cellular Sharing
For a camp full of phones, Speedify’s cellular sharing helps most. Once phones are paired in Speedify, they can share their cellular data with each other.
The more phones you pair, the more internet connections you all have. If your campmate is on Verizon and you’re on AT&T, you can both use both networks. Put the phones on the same Wi-Fi network, install Speedify on each one, and pair them in the Speedify app. Each phone’s cellular data then becomes another internet connection Speedify can use, and switch to when one drops.
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