I was going to get a lot done today.

Then my internet connection developed 50% packet loss somewhere on the ISP’s side of things. I’m not going to name the big UK DSL provider I’m using, because that would limit my ability to say that their service is a sack of cack and they should be ashamed of themselves for letting it develop such an egregious fault without it being rectified all day.

Long story short, I ended up making an impulse purchase to keep me going until they finally get FTTP down my street, whenever that might be.

Distasteful though I consider giving money to Mr Musk, Starlink does work remarkably well even if it’s just propped up on your patio. Well over 100Mbps downstream, maybe 13 up, proper native IPv6 and equipment that can be put in “bypass mode” if you just want to use it as a modem with your existing network.

Hopefully I won’t need to shell out for it for very long, and I can re-sell the kit when I move on, although the fact that you are only signed up on a month by month basis might well mean this sticks around as a backup option even after I’ve got fibre.