The Starlink Connectivity Card in Speedify Shows How Each Dish Holds Up Over Time
This article explains how to read the Connectivity card in Speedify’s Starlink Control Center, what the Combined row tells you, and how Speedify uses the timeline to keep you online.
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 Speedify’s Starlink Connectivity Card Shows
- One row per dish. Each row is a single Starlink dish, with color showing its connection state across the last 15 minutes.
- A Combined row. The bottom row shows whether your dishes fill in each other’s gaps or drop out together.
- Pattern over time. A dish that flickers on a regular interval points to a recurring satellite handoff or a fixed obstruction, not a one-off.
Why the Combined Row Is the One to Watch in Speedify’s Starlink Control Center
If the Combined row shows frequent yellow or gaps even when each individual dish looks healthy, your dishes are likely pointed at the same slice of sky and hitting the same obstructions at the same moments. That defeats the point of running more than one.
The fix is to re-aim one dish so the two cover different sky, which Starlink’s guidance on running multiple dishes with a clear field of view backs up: each antenna needs roughly 20° elevation clearance across a full 360° azimuth. Speedify’s Dish Orientation card and Alignment Wizard handle the re-aiming.
How Speedify Uses the Timeline
The Connectivity card is the visible side of what Speedify is already doing underneath. Speedify’s channel bonding technology measures latency, packet loss, and throughput on every connection continuously, and moves traffic off a degrading dish before it fully drops.
Because Speedify works at the packet level, a gap on one row in the timeline doesn’t have to mean a gap in your video call. If you want to track drops over a longer window, see how to monitor Starlink outages and uptime with Speedify.
Who Benefits from Speedify’s Starlink Connectivity Card
- Multi-dish operators. The Combined row is the fastest way to tell whether two dishes are genuinely redundant or just duplicating each other.
- Live streamers and remote workers. A repeating drop pattern on the timeline explains stutters that a speed test would miss.
- Anyone repositioning a dish. The timeline shows within minutes whether a move actually reduced dropouts.
Speedify and Starlink: From Timeline to Uninterrupted Connection
The Connectivity card shows where each Starlink dish struggles. Speedify’s channel bonding technology spreads your traffic so those struggles stay off your screen, and the Combined row tells you when it’s time to re-aim. For the full dashboard walkthrough, see how to use Speedify’s Starlink Control Center.
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