Speedify’s Setup Analysis Report Tells You What’s Working Across Every Starlink Dish
This article explains what Speedify’s Setup Analysis report covers, how to act on it, and how it shortens multi-dish troubleshooting.
Starlink disconnects all the time for ALL Starlink users. The Speedify Starlink Index report found that Starlink connections are down for an average of ~33 min per day. Plus, all Starlink dishes experience small drops and packet loss every 15 seconds, when the moving Starlink satellites hand off the connection to the next satellite overhead.
The best way to fix Starlink's connection drops is to combine your Starlink connection with another internet connection, such as 4G/5G cellular, cable, fiber, DSL, or another Starlink connection. Speedify makes this possible with channel bonding.
Speedify Starlink Index — real-world performance from 6,228 Starlink users: 2.3% downtime, about 33 minutes a day for always-on connections
Your Starlink loses connection every day.
Speedify’s Starlink Index reports Starlink performance data from a sample of thousands of real-world Starlink dishes.
Daily Starlink downtime
~33 min
2.3% of connected time unreachable
Avg packet loss
0.17%
vs 0.08% on T-Mobile
71% of Starlink users ran at least one other internet connection — 4,400 of 6,228 users. Cellular is the most common backup.
Should you get a backup connection for Starlink?
Yes. Starlink goes down every day — an always-on dish averages about 34 minutes of downtime daily from routine satellite handoffs. A second connection keeps you online when Starlink drops.
What’s the best backup connection for Starlink?
A 4G/5G cellular hotspot or SIM is the most practical backup for most Starlink users — it works anywhere Starlink works, requires no installation, and uses a different network so outages rarely overlap. Cable or DSL broadband is a strong option if you have it at a fixed location. A second Starlink dish is also possible if you need maximum throughput.
How do you use two internet connections at once with Starlink?
Speedify combines Starlink with any other connection — cellular, cable, Wi-Fi, or a second dish — into one bonded connection. Speedify runs on your phone, laptop, or router. When Starlink drops, Speedify moves your traffic to the backup instantly, so calls don’t cut out and downloads don’t stall. Speedify is free to try.
71% of Speedify’s Starlink users already run a second connection. Speedify’s Starlink Index tracks real-world Starlink performance data from thousands of dishes.
See the full dataset →Use Speedify to stay online during Starlink satellite handoffs every 15 seconds
Research confirms Starlink switches between satellites every 15 seconds on a fixed schedule. Each satellite handoff is a potential dropout, and on a congested network or with any obstruction, those Starlink dropouts become real interruptions.
Speedify fixes Starlink connection drops by combining your Starlink internet connection with another satellite dish, Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, or wired Ethernet at the same time. When Starlink drops, Speedify keeps your traffic moving on the backup internet connection instantly.
Speedify alerts you about your Starlink dish status
Speedify software alerts you about your Starlink dish status as soon as your dish experiences an issue - e.g. when your actuator motor is stuck, the mast is not vertical or there's a thermal throttle.
Speedify's Starlink Control Center helps you monitor all your Starlink dishes, read obstruction maps, and align multiple dishes all in the Speedify app. Get a real-time view of each dish's health and optimize the position of each Starlink dish, so you get the best possible performance out of your Starlink connections.
What the Starlink Setup Analysis Report Covers
- A live, plain-language read on each dish. Speedify summarizes the state of every connected Starlink dish instead of leaving you to interpret raw numbers.
- Direct jumps to the fix. Tap any dish-specific line and Speedify opens that dish’s Alignment Wizard.
- One screen for the whole setup. The report spans all your dishes, so you see the weakest link without hunting for it.
Connect a Starlink dish to populate the section.
How to Act on Speedify’s Starlink Setup Analysis Report
The report is built to be acted on, not just read. When it flags a dish, the tap-through takes you to the Alignment Wizard for that exact dish, where the obstruction map and the dish’s target heading are already loaded. From there you re-aim, watch the obstruction percentage fall, and move to the next flagged dish.
For dish alerts you might see referenced along the way, Speedify keeps a full list in its Starlink dish alert messages article, and Starlink documents the underlying causes in its Obstructions Explained guide.
How the Starlink Setup Analysis Report Improves Speedify’s Bonding
The Setup Analysis report is the diagnostic layer on top of what Speedify’s channel bonding technology already does automatically. Speedify keeps you online by distributing traffic across healthy connections at the packet level; the report tells you which dish to physically fix so the bonded setup runs at full capacity rather than leaning on one dish while another sits half-blocked.
Who Benefits from the Setup Analysis Report
- IT and remote-site managers. A single read on every dish’s health, with the fix one tap away.
- Multi-dish operators under time pressure. Crews on a vessel or truck find the problem dish fast instead of checking each one.
- Anyone new to a multi-dish setup. Plain-language status beats interpreting raw azimuth and obstruction figures.
Speedify and Starlink: Find the Weak Dish, Fix It, Stay Bonded
The Setup Analysis report points you at the dish that needs work and drops you into the wizard to fix it. Speedify’s channel bonding technology keeps the rest of your dishes carrying traffic while you do. For the full dashboard, see how to use Speedify’s Starlink Control Center.
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