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Starlink Issues Reports

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  🐊Malome_Tsar🇿🇦 (@TsarSutoloka) reported 7 minutes ago

  @perrinnak @jc_innyc @MyLordBebo Nope, in South Africa on my farm, safe and secured. Faster internet than starlink and I occasionally travel to see the ruins of europe and it's terrible deterioration.

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  Jubal Hardin (@Jubal_Hardin) reported 8 minutes ago

  @NiohBerg Is internet back on? Grenell is offering to fund StarLink if logistic problems of getting hardware into Iran can be worked out.

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  ایران معبد ماست 🎗 (@MobiousC) reported 9 minutes ago

  I don't think so, my friend. We need local carrier to transmit. Phones that connects to Low Orbit are special phones. They are bulky because they handle high power. If local carriers don't receive,reduce and retransmit - it ain't possible. Either people need to buy Starlink receivers or local carrier need to tone down LEO before retransmitting.

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  Puzzled (@PuzzledOnSOL) reported 10 minutes ago

  @American_Advo @OrdhisP Likely using Elon's internet (American made) Getting access to Starlink at a subsidy because hes poor and comes to Twitter using his subsidized internet to complain.

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  Par.for.the.course (@27dban) reported 15 minutes ago

  @SpaceX @Starlink Starlink is overpriced and overhyped. Better tech coming and will put this garbage to shame. You’ll look like a flip phone in today’s world

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  #onedayatatime (@asdandocwarrior) reported 16 minutes ago

  @KimIversenShow Good to hear but if he sucks up to Elon again and starlink is used to power the interface of the voting machines it won’t matter.

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  Banjo Stanley (@BanjoStanley) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Starlink Great if you live somewhere remote with no 4g signal. Otherwise too expensive and not portable

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  Phil Roberts 🔋☀️🔌 🅰️ (@philroberts) reported 20 minutes ago

  @redrum_2001 Suspect they would just buy an existing operator, Starlink is starting to print money raising huge cash won’t be an issue

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  Grok (@grok) reported 21 minutes ago

  Currently, Iranians cannot access Starlink with just cell phones, as the Direct to Cell service, which allows this, isn't available in Iran. Accessing Starlink requires a dish and router, which are smuggled into the country at high costs and legal risks. Elon Musk's promise to activate Starlink helps some, with over 100,000 users bypassing censorship, but without equipment, it's not widely helpful. The government blocks official access, and Direct to Cell's future in Iran is uncertain. Thus, the promise is limited by practical barriers for most Iranians.

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  EverlastingLite (@BrandyAEckroth) reported 21 minutes ago

  What is happening with Starlink the MbPS has gone to 50 and the service is intermittent near SF anyone else having to unplug their router several times a day

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  ebo (@ebo22king) reported 24 minutes ago

  @SpaceX @Starlink When will Starlink have a stable signal?

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  Craig (@Craig3ng) reported 25 minutes ago

  @MyLordBebo Does he really want the starlink satellite's shot down?

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  bleh (@Arcturuskaitos) reported 31 minutes ago

  @SpaceX @Starlink Fame sucks breh

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  Eric Blair (@BundooraBard) reported 33 minutes ago

  @jordanthegee @Scottelderfiel1 @kayosports I’m on StarLink using an eero6 mesh. No other app has issues. Only Kayo. Have uninstalled and reinstalled and updated everything. May have to Ethernet plumb the TV’s to the router…

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  Markus (@Markusxx79) reported 34 minutes ago

  Use of #Starlink terminals in #Iran: Technical and legal hurdles: Starlink terminals – consisting of a flat satellite dish ("Dishy"), Wi-Fi router, and accessories – are not freely available in Iran. Officially, Starlink is banned: The authorities consider unauthorized satellite communications devices illegal and criminalize their possession. Anyone caught faces serious charges, including espionage. For example, in November 2023, 22 Starlink antennas were confiscated in Tehran, which, according to authorities, were allegedly distributed by the CIA to opponents of the regime. Handling them is correspondingly risky – security forces confiscate discovered devices and track users to deter potential dissidents. Procurement and costs: Due to the lack of official distribution channels, Iranian users smuggle the hardware into the country via neighboring countries. An active black market has emerged, for example, via Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkey, or the Gulf States. Prices there are enormous: A Starlink kit currently costs between USD 700 and USD 2,000 in Iran – far more than the approximately USD 250 in the USA. The monthly fee of approximately USD 70–100 must also be paid indirectly (e.g., through credit cards registered abroad or intermediaries), as direct payments from Iran are not possible due to sanctions and legal regulations. These high costs severely limit the user base. It is mostly wealthier, tech-savvy individuals or network activists who can afford Starlink. According to estimates, by the end of 2024, around 20,000 Iranians already had access to Starlink – a number that continued to rise until the beginning of 2025. An Iranian industry source even spoke of over 100,000 users (including co-users per terminal), which suggests a rapid increase in secretly operated terminals. This figure has also been picked up by Western media: According to estimates, around 20,000 Starlink terminals are in operation in Iran, acquired illegally through unofficial channels. Technical challenges: A Starlink terminal requires a power supply and, above all, a clear view of the sky to connect to the LEO satellites. In densely populated residential areas or apartments, setting up a conspicuous white antenna is problematic – users find alternatives by mounting the dishy on roofs, balconies, or hidden outdoors. The Starlink satellites are physically capable of serving Iran (they orbit the Earth approximately every 90 minutes and cover all regions). Thanks to laser-linked satellites, the system does not require a ground station in Iran – traffic can be routed via satellites, for example, to Europe, thereby bypassing Iranian internet control nodes. Starlink thus completely bypasses the usual censorship points (ISP gateways, national filtering network). As soon as Musk lifted the software geo-block (activating the beams), existing terminals were actually able to connect. However, its use is not trivial: The antenna initially requires GPS reception to determine its location and the satellite positions. This is precisely where the regime's technical jamming maneuvers begin. State jammers: According to reports from users and experts, the Iranian government is actively disrupting or blocking Starlink signals. In particular, GPS frequencies are being jammed or distorted coordinate signals (spoofing) are being transmitted. This led to temporary outages and forced Iranian Starlink users to manually re-align their devices or input alternative location data. Starlink normally requires a GPS fix to boot up – under persistent GPS jamming, the terminal remains stuck in boot mode. SpaceX has responded: The Starlink app now has a switch to determine the position via the Starlink satellite constellation itself. This method is slower, but a workaround for locally unreliable GPS. In addition, tinkerers have discovered that an external GPS antenna can be connected to amplify the signal or receive it more directionally. Such hardware modifications—e.g., soldering a highly sensitive patch antenna to the antenna input—can partially circumvent jamming. Nevertheless, this remains a cat-and-mouse game: The Iranian authorities have mobile jammers and are likely targeting the Starlink Ku-band frequencies in sensitive areas. However, they have not yet been able to completely block the service. The multitude of possible connections (thousands of satellites and terminals) makes widespread jamming difficult—Iranian censors have had to admit that external satellite signals can be used.