Speedify Makes Starlink a Reliable Internet Connection at Trade Shows and Conferences by Providing Faster Upload and Download Speeds
Yes – you can use Starlink internet at trade shows and conferences to escape overloaded, expensive venue Wi-Fi with a dedicated connection for your booth. Convention-center roofs and satellite congestion can still degrade Starlink.
Speedify is an app that combines Starlink with a cellular connection at the same time, so if Starlink drops your demos, lead capture, and streams keep running over cellular without missing a beat.
Speedify keeps you online when Starlink drops — on the water, on the road, off-grid.
Whether you’re on a boat, an RV, or a remote job site, Speedify bonds your Starlink with cellular or a second dish and automatically reroutes traffic the moment one link degrades — no dropped calls, no interrupted streams.
Watch now
How Speedify's channel bonding technology works on any hardware
Get started with Speedify for your business
Speedify offers three commercial paths. They're not exclusive — most enterprise customers combine two or more.
01
Speedify Teams
Speedify on every supported OS for every team member
Centralized dashboard for billing, user provisioning, and usage analytics
CSV import/export and a RESTful management API
02
Speedify for Routers
License for supported OpenWrt routers
Powered by Speedify hardware lineup ready to deploy out of the box
Miri, GL.iNET, and other partner models
Whole-LAN bonding without per-device install
03
Embed Speedify into your product
A · DIY
Build it yourself with the Speedify SDK.
Integrate Speedify into your iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, or QNX product. Full developer documentation, sample code, and supported integration paths. You own the build, we provide the bonding stack.
B · CUSTOM ENGINEERING
Have us build it for you.
Why Trade Shows and Conferences Need Better Internet Than Venue Wi-Fi
Trade show and conference venue Wi-Fi is shared among hundreds or thousands of attendees and exhibitors simultaneously. During peak hours, speeds drop dramatically. Video demonstrations stutter, cloud-based sales tools time out, and live streams fail. Wired venue connections are more reliable but often expensive and require advance ordering.
Starlink solves the independence problem. An exhibitor with a Starlink dish deployed at or near the venue has a dedicated internet connection that is not shared with anyone else on the venue network. Download speeds between 25 and 220 Mbps give a booth the bandwidth it needs for video demos, lead capture systems, streaming presentations, and VoIP communications.
The remaining risk is Starlink itself. Convention center buildings, roof structures, and urban satellite congestion can degrade Starlink performance. Pairing Starlink with a 4G/5G cellular backup through Speedify eliminates that single point of failure. If Starlink drops, your demo continues over cellular without missing a beat.
How Speedify Manages Starlink Internet at Trade Shows and Conferences
Speedify runs on your booth device or a router and monitors Starlink and any secondary connection simultaneously. When both are active, Speedify bonds them using Speedify’s channel bonding technology and delivers up to 95% of their combined upload and download capacity. When Starlink drops, Speedify shifts all traffic to the backup at the packet level. Demos, video calls, and live streams continue without interruption.
Speedify also encrypts all internet traffic, protecting sales data, customer information, and business communications over both connections.
How to Set Up Speedify with Starlink at a Trade Show or Conference
Step 1: Deploy Starlink at or Near Your Booth
Set up your Starlink dish with a clear view of the sky outside the venue or at a rooftop access point. Use the Starlink app to confirm signal. Run the Starlink connection to your booth via Ethernet.
Step 2: Add a 4G/5G Cellular Backup
Connect a 4G/5G cellular modem or hotspot to your booth router or device. Urban convention areas typically have strong cellular coverage from multiple carriers, making cellular a reliable backup path.
Step 3: Download and Run Speedify
Download Speedify on your booth device or router. Speedify detects all active connections and begins bonding them. Your booth internet becomes faster and more resilient automatically.
Who Needs Speedify with Starlink at Trade Shows and Conferences
- Exhibitors at technology and industry trade shows who need fast, dedicated internet for live product demonstrations and video streaming
- Conference organizers managing internet for speakers, production teams, and registration systems who cannot rely on venue Wi-Fi
- Sales and marketing teams running cloud-based CRM and lead capture tools at booths where venue internet is too slow or unreliable
- AV and production companies providing managed internet services for booths, stages, and breakout rooms at trade shows and conferences
- Any exhibitor or organizer who has lost a live demo, a video call, or a payment transaction to slow or dropped venue internet
Speedify Is Used on Millions of Devices Worldwide
Speedify has powered stronger Internet for millions of consumers since 2014
15M
Millions of Speedify downloads worldwide, and growing every day5⭐️
More than 75,000 5-star reviews for Speedify in the iOS and Android app stores82
Points of Speedify presence in datacenters around the globe500TB
Hundreds of terabytes of fast, secure data streamed every week via SpeedifySpeedify Partners
Speedify partners with these amazing organizations to deliver better internet and next-generation networking technology to their customers and employees.
Speedify Also Monitors Your Starlink Dish at the Venue
Speedify displays real-time Starlink dish alerts in the app dashboard. If your dish detects a stuck actuator motor, a non-vertical mast, or a thermal throttle condition, Speedify surfaces the alert immediately. Alerts appear when the condition has been active for at least 15 seconds and clear once resolved.
For booth managers responsible for internet during a multi-day event, this means dish issues are caught before they affect operations.
Speedify Business Solutions
Speedify Teams
Speedify for Routers
Speedify Embedded Solutions and Integrations
Embed Speedify software into your app or hardware products and leverage the core channel bonding technology of Speedify in new and interesting ways.