Starlink “Pause” Policy Change

[rideandfly]

Just did a speed test on standby mode. Uploaded this photo with Starlink on Standby mode. 

[rideandfly]

14 minutes ago, Steve Morris said:

Hmm, I did not receive an email from Starlink concerning anything about pausing my account. 🤷‍♂️

Check Spam.

[Steve Morris]

18 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

Check Spam.

I already had. Nothing there. Maybe because I’ve never used pause since activating my account. 

[rideandfly]

27 minutes ago, Steve Morris said:

I already had. Nothing there. Maybe because I’ve never used pause since activating my account. 

Sounds right.

Just ordered a Starlink Router for the Mini this morning, after placing the Mini on standby mode at home, it works OK but getting too far away from the dish in the house slows down service even more. The Router should help that situation at home and camping.

 

 

Edited Friday at 01:33 PM by rideandfly

[Steve Morris]

41 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

Sounds right.

Just ordered a Starlink Router for the Mini this morning, after placing the Mini on standby mode at home, it works OK but getting too far away from the dish in the house slows down service even more. The Router should help that situation at home and camping.

That's why I changed to a POE cable to the Mini, as several others here have done. Here in eastern US, trees are everywhere, and I might need to get the Mini 50-150 feet away to connect. But instead of Starlink's router, I've connected it to my Peplink cellular router, so the cell connection can kick in whenever there's a Starlink dropout.

[Mike and Carol]

37 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

Just ordered a Starlink Router for the Mini this morning, after placing the Mini on standby mode at home, it works OK but getting too far away from the dish in the house slows down service even more. The Router should help that situation at home and camping.

We haven’t needed our router yet.  With the dish on the box on the tongue we get a strong signal.  I’ve now got it on the truck tonneau cover, we’re under a lot of trees (Lake Tahoe, CA).  Even with a narrow view of the sky it’s working well.

My sophisticated mount.

 

Sky view.

 

There’s a bunch of satellites racing through that blue patch.

[Boudicca908]

On 8/15/2025 at 6:30 AM, Steve Morris said:

Hmm, I did not receive an email from Starlink concerning anything about pausing my account. 🤷‍♂️

I received two emails from SL on 8/13. One is titled "Action Requested: Switch to Standby Mode" and the other is titled "Terms of Service Update".  

[Patriot]

On 8/15/2025 at 10:16 AM, Mike and Carol said:

We haven’t needed our router yet.  With the dish on the box on the tongue we get a strong signal.  I’ve now got it on the truck tonneau cover, we’re under a lot of trees (Lake Tahoe, CA).  Even with a narrow view of the sky it’s working well.

My sophisticated mount.

 

Sky view.

 

Looking good Mike! 
Thanks for the field feedback on not needing the router. Perfect northern exposure and no obstruction is key!  
We had the same great reception last fall while out west, I see no need for the router for our use.
Safe Travels! 
 

Edited Sunday at 04:32 PM by Patriot

[Patriot]

On 8/15/2025 at 9:30 AM, rideandfly said:

, it works OK but getting too far away from the dish in the house slows down service even more.

That’s interesting Bill, we have not had that issue here at home or while on the road. 🤔

[Mike and Carol]

4 hours ago, Patriot said:

That’s interesting Bill, we have not had that issue here at home or while on the road. 🤔

We had that experience at home while testing in the driveway.  Once I got into the house the signal dropped, still had a bar but it was noticeable.  I deployed the mini router and the situation was fixed.  I guess it depends on the number of walls the signal has to go through.

We’re now at Lassen National Park, the tree coverage is more dense but I found a small opening and the Starlink is doing its thing.  Mike

[Boudicca908]

On 8/15/2025 at 7:06 AM, Steve Morris said:

Nothing there.

If you sign into your account you can find the information. If you have more than one device, you choose the one that you want to start Standby Mode, etc. It's pretty easy. 

[rideandfly]

8 hours ago, Patriot said:

That’s interesting Bill, we have not had that issue here at home or while on the road. 🤔

 

3 hours ago, Mike and Carol said:

We had that experience at home while testing in the driveway.  Once I got into the house the signal dropped, still had a bar but it was noticeable.  I deployed the mini router and the situation was fixed.  I guess it depends on the number of walls the signal has to go through.

We’re now at Lassen National Park, the tree coverage is more dense but I found a small opening and the Starlink is doing its thing.  Mike

Had this issue in Stand-By mode at home, that's when I ordered the router. Have not had issue camping, yet. 

[Ronbrink]

Signed up for the Standby Mode Plan this morning. The Roam 50-GB plan that was on ‘pause’ can easily be reinstated when the time comes to resume that service. With SLM in Standby Mode, while parked in the home driveway and on the Savana’s dash, had cell phone Wi-Fi and when arriving at the COW Barn both my Victron Cerbo and Cielo Breez Max devices also connected. Liking this new service option!