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Slow Rural Internet? This is the fix! Everything you need to know about Starlink!

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The video begins with Josh from Stoney Ridge Farmer introducing the Starlink system. He explains that traditional internet options in his rural North Carolina location are very slow, often requiring him to use his phone as a hotspot for uploading YouTube videos. He hopes Starlink will solve this issue. He outlines the purchasing process, which involves an initial $100 down payment to get on a waiting list, followed by an additional $500 (approximate) to acquire the dish and associated hardware when Starlink becomes available in the area. He expresses that this upfront cost is higher than what might be expected for similar satellite TV or internet services, which often provide hardware for free.

Goal: The presenter introduces the Starlink satellite internet system as a solution to slow internet in rural areas and discusses the initial costs involved.

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hey there folks this is josh stoney ridge farmer welcome back to another beautiful day here in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains in north carolina it's tool tuesday here on the stoney ridge farm and we've got a totally different tool for you that we want to show you it's satellite internet i'm not getting paid by starlink this is my starlink system it came in the mail about three days ago i'm finally getting time to set it all up and today we're going to take you guys and show you that just because you live in the country you don't have to have super slow internet we've got really really slow internet and i'm having to upload every youtube video via hotspot or via my phone and it's just not working so hopefully this is a solution to all our problems we'll talk about the cost we'll talk about setup and we'll talk about the speeds that i currently have and the speeds that this thing provides here in north carolina all right let's have some fun [Music] oh guys if it's your first time the stoney ridge farm channel please pound that like button jump in subscribe the channel i'd love to have you back we've got a first generation farm here in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains of north carolina and you're following the journey tool tuesday's a fun day one of my favorite days on the farm because we get to test out a new tool so without further ado we're just going to open the box this is exactly how it will come to you the way we had to do this the way we set this up is we went on the website and i'll post a link down there in the video description so you guys can do this yourself it's expensive in my opinion it's a bit expensive to get started it almost cost about 500 bucks to get started what you have to do is leave a 100 down payment and then when starlink is available in your area you pay the 500 ish for the dish and stuff so it's a pretty tough pill to swallow for something that you would typically get for free from like a satellite tv or like a dish network or even maybe hughes net i don't know but there's a trick there's trickery there so i've got friends that have hughes net and they're paying like four and 500 bucks a month for hughes net

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