Starlink internet service begins public beta in the Methow Valley

A friend asked me about what the cable coming from the dish looked like, and this is my reply:

The dish has 100ft of what I believe might be Cat8 cable, very heavy and obviously shielded. It has some large ferrite beads on it, one is right near the end, so the hole needs to be over 3/4 inch to get it through a wall. The cable is permanently attached to the dish, because it's outdoors and it needs to be weatherproof and standard ethernet connectors are not. You can plug the ethernet connector at the other end directly into the WAN port of your own router (it's not necessary to use the Starlink provided wireless router unless you want to).

I just became aware that someone else waiting for an invite in the Methow Valley just got their emailed invitation tonight. I think the invites are going out in batches, and the first batch of invites sent expired on Nov 9th. So the next ones should be, or have been, going out this week. So keep an eye on your email if you're waiting for one of these invites!

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