The vast majority of users would never tell the difference between the various systems from an enduser perspective. Streaming services, web browsing, social media, and even working from home all performed as well, if not better than they would on a residential NBN system. You would have to be a real power user to notice any difference.
WI-FI PERFORMANCE( OR LACK THEREOF)
Now we come to the really interesting part of this test and this is the bit you are going to want to pay close attention to.
Setting up all three Starlink options side by side highlights the differences between them.
The wi-fi performance of our Gen 2 router was best described as woeful. It was great if you were within five to 10m of the router, but once you started to get further away or you had walls or other obstructions, the signal dropped dramatically, with a corresponding fall in overall performance. It was so bad that we abandoned the OEM router in favour of a Cowfish router, which had no distance issues whatsoever.
I thought this would have been fixed with the new Home system but, to my surprise, it was only marginally better. This was disappointing as the new router is supposed to have higher performance and new features. It is let down by a weak transceiver.
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