Here is the question Grant - If you spend the money and fees to do that upgrade what do they provide in return? It seems to me the wording in the contract gives you nothing much.
It's the cellular telephone network in the Bahamas.
Tom, I don’t disagree… Starlink early adoption is on us that play the game. Last year I did Aliv from Bahamas and could do it again… but it was never great but worked. I agree maybe this is too early to give a shit but I would like to think this is the future and it will get better for us boaters. It really just boils down to how important is the internet to me… well it is as my job depends on it and that is what pays the bills so I can enjoy Boating. So if upgrading to a plan that allows me to have internet anywhere I guess the price is priceless… Hell I am about to pay $7 bucks a gallon for diesel again this year what am I worried about to pay extra for gigabytes.
No upgrade yet…. Guess I will do the international Roam plan for my trip to Bimini next month and see how it goes.
And then there is the theory that continuing as a customer is revenue for them to continue their mission. Which I'm on board with also. The thing is the transparency indicative of the owner seems to be missing.
Here is a question - rather than POE, why can't you simply power the board with a robust power supply and bypass the POE. You'll have to run a pair of wires to the dish and locate where to terminate/solder but what the heck. Just get and use a good MeanWell power supply for a 110V use or a buck/boost DC to DC converter if on DC. No doubt the POE injector cleans up the power supply so you probably will have to pay attention to the power source. 200W sounds like a lot but probably a good target.
