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by JustFinishedBSG 1883 days ago
Actually not at all, you have to be stationary for Starlink
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Due to temporary limitations as the constellation is still incomplete. Otherwise, it will be perfect for boats.
They'll also have to fix power consumption. Now the antenna uses 3-4X the daily power consumption of _everything_ on my cruising boat.
I don’t think power consumption on Dishy is coming down considering it’s throwing bits to low earth orbits constantly with microwaves.

I have enough solar and batteries on my boat to continually power the ground station, but if I didn’t I’d operate it only when actively using the Internet.

God I'd love to live on a boat and code remotely.

I watched the sv delos video and was like... how do I make this my life?

https://svdelos.com/

Also how I started! I highly recommend Sailing Zatara and Gone with the Wynns as well.
There are a lot of people who live aboard a boat but don't travel too far, or only move a few times a year.