How Boats and Commercial Vessels Get Reliable Internet at Sea Offshore internet and Wi-Fi on boats, yachts and ships comes from satellite: Starlink Maritime (Starlink’s service for boats and ships) or older ship satellite systems, often called VSAT, plus 4G/5G cellular when you’re near the coast. Ships get reliable internet by using more than one of these at the same … Read More
OpenMPTCProuter vs. Speedify: A Free DIY Setup or a Supported App for Starlink
OpenMPTCProuter is a free, open-source project that combines several internet connections, like Starlink and 4G/5G cellular, into one faster internet connection. You run it on a supported OpenWrt router plus a virtual private server (VPS): a server you rent in a data center and then set up, secure and keep updated yourself. Speedify does the same job as a paid, … Read More
What to Do When Starlink Is Down: 3 Steps, and How Speedify Keeps Calls Online
Speedify Keeps You Online During a Starlink Outage by Using Starlink Together with Wi-Fi, 4G/5G Cellular, Wired Ethernet or Another Satellite Dish Yes, Starlink goes down sometimes, but a Starlink-wide outage is rare: most of the time, the outage is on one Starlink dish, because of an obstruction, bad weather, a cable or power problem, or the Starlink router. When … Read More
Starlink Keeps Disconnecting or Dropping Out: 7 Troubleshooting Steps, and Speedify Adds a Second Internet Connection
Speedify Switches to Your Other Internet Connection Right Away, So Starlink Dropouts Don’t Cut You Off When Starlink keeps disconnecting, the cause is usually one of a few things: something partly blocking the Starlink dish’s view of the sky, a Starlink dish overheating in direct sun, a loose cable, a software update restarting the Starlink dish, or a Starlink router … Read More
Starlink Ping Success, Ping and Obstructions Explained: Track Every Dish in Speedify
The Starlink Summary Card in Speedify’s Starlink Control Center Shows Every Dish’s Key Stats at a Glance Starlink ping success is the share of test pings your Starlink dish sends that get an answer, so anything under 100% means some data was lost on the way. Starlink ping, the delay you see in speed tests, is usually 25 to 60 … Read More
How Often Does Starlink Go Down: Uptime, and How Speedify Keeps Calls Online
Speedify Monitors Your Starlink Internet Connection and Keeps You Online Through Starlink Outages Starlink does go down, in two ways. Short drops happen often: your Starlink dish switches satellites about every 15 seconds, and a switch, a storm or something blocking its view can cut your internet for a moment. Longer outages come from a network problem on Starlink’s side, … Read More