Starlink V4 on a galvanised wall bracket and alloy pole: off 10 Mbps copper onto the 200 Mbps plan, with the router in the lounge

A home on a 10 Mbps BT copper line needed a professional Starlink installation and wanted something a bit faster. There are a couple of gamers in the house, so the customer went for the 200 Mbps plan with a Version 4 dish. The dish was fitted on a galvanised wall bracket and an alloy pole on a stone gable, and the service was routed into the lounge. The router was set up there and plugged directly into his PlayStation.

This is how the job looked as a trusted PLEO installer network install: a solid outdoor Version 4 mount on a stone gable, the router set up in the lounge, and a short wired path straight into the PlayStation. A nice, straightforward result, and a clear step up from a 10 Mbps copper line.

Why the 200 Mbps plan made sense here

When a copper line is only delivering 10 Mbps and there are gamers in the house, the bottleneck is the local service, not the consoles. Starlink takes that traffic off the copper. The 200 Mbps plan is a clear step up for a couple of gamers, and putting the router in the lounge, then plugging it directly into the PlayStation, keeps the path short and steady for play.

A solid outdoor mount: galvanised wall bracket and alloy pole

The Version 4 dish was fitted on a galvanised wall bracket and an alloy pole, on a stone gable of a little old stone building. That combination holds a firm aim, keeps the antenna clear of the ridge, and uses hardware that lasts outdoors rather than a light domestic clamp. A stone gable is often a good mounting point when it already gives a clear sky view: a tidy finish, a solid fixing, and the dish sits just above the roofline.

Practical mounting points for any similar home:

• Choose a gable or wall with a clear sky view and put the dish on a proper galvanised wall bracket and alloy pole, rather than a light domestic clamp.

• Keep the antenna just clear of the ridge so the mount stays compact and the aim stays firm.

• Route the cable indoors to a convenient living space — here, that was the lounge — and set the router up where the household actually uses the connection.

Into the lounge, and a direct connection to the PlayStation

The service was routed into the lounge, the router was set up, and Starlink was plugged directly into his PlayStation. For a house with a couple of gamers, that short wired path is the straightforward way to give the console a clean connection, rather than leaving it on Wi-Fi alone. A nice, straightforward result: a Version 4 dish on a galvanised wall bracket and alloy pole, the router in the lounge, and a 200 Mbps plan in place of a 10 Mbps copper line.

Professional Starlink installation

Space Internet Solutions fits Starlink for homes and businesses across the UK through our trusted PLEO (Professional Low Earth Orbit) installer network: survey, mounting, cable routing, Wi-Fi checks and the finish that leaves you with a working connection.

If you need a professional Starlink installation, feel free to get in touch with us at spaceinternetsolutions.com.