Starry to Offer 200 Mbps, $50 Wireless in 16 Markets On the heels of the company's expansion into parts of DC and Los Angeles, wireless broadband provider Starry says the company should soon offer its 200 Mbps, uncapped $50 wireless broadband offering to parts of 18 cities this year. A company press release (pdf) indicates that the company will expand into parts of fourteen additional markets this year, including New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami and Minneapolis.

Starry says it's using pre-standard 5G, point-to-multipoint fixed wireless technology to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to the home at speeds of 200 Mbps for $50 per month, without caps. It is press release, Starry CEO Chet Kanojia (who you might recall from his efforts with Aereo) promises that the company will be careful to operate a neutral network in the wake of the FCC's recent repeal of net neutrality rules. "We take the privilege of being in your home and being your family’s ISP very seriously," states the CEO. "From the way our customer care and installation team interacts with you, to our pledge to never throttle, block, or pick and choose what content you access, when we pledged to build a better internet, we meant it." Starry service uses "pre-standard 5G, point-to-multipoint fixed wireless technology" utilizing millimeter wave spectrum to transmit data via the company's "proprietary active phased array technology" at distances up to 2 kilometers. From there, transmissions will travel from the company’s "Starry Beam" base station to the company’s "Starry Point" receivers installed on the roofs of homes or multiple dwelling units (apartments, condos, townhomes). Said receiver then connects to a “Starry Station” Wi-Fi hub to reach the end user. Those interested can find a little more detail over at the company's Those interested can find a little more detail over at the company's website







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tpkatl

join:2009-11-16

Dacula, GA 13 recommendations tpkatl Member Big nothing unless you live downtown These news releases are insulting. They say "Atlanta" or "Los Angeles" or "Miami", when in truth 99.8% of the residents of these cities will never have Starry service available.



They'll put up a couple of antennas downtown, or midtown, or maybe make a point of providing service to a building or two in some gentrified neighborhood, and they can declare that the city is now active.



Except that those of us outside the chosen neighborhoods - and folks in the suburbs - never get coverage.



Say what you will about AT&T and Comcast and Charter, but at least they cover the whole metro area. elefante72

join:2010-12-03

East Amherst, NY 7 recommendations elefante72 Member Cherry picking to the masses



Create a product that has the lowest barrier to entry possible (dense city, MDU, big buildings). Great. There are already bunches of people that can do that. I guess it's a start. It will put pricing pressure on cableco, so I say good. But now you will have internet in the city for $50, and in rural it will be $300 a month



It will be interesting to see how they deal w/ multipath and environmental fade and if 200 is like powerline 200 (20-30) or actually closer to 200.



What would be really interesting is how do we cover the rest of America outside the big 50 cities? OK,Create a product that has the lowest barrier to entry possible (dense city, MDU, big buildings). Great. There are already bunches of people that can do that. I guess it's a start. It will put pricing pressure on cableco, so I say good. But now you will have internet in the city for $50, and in rural it will be $300 a monthIt will be interesting to see how they deal w/ multipath and environmental fade and if 200 is like powerline 200 (20-30) or actually closer to 200.What would be really interesting is how do we cover the rest of America outside the big 50 cities?

SteveV

join:2016-08-21

Williamsburg, VA 5 recommendations SteveV Member It's a start Anything that adds any competition is a plus for consumers. I'm in an area serviced only by Cox and am paying $80 a month for 50Mbps service with a 1TB cap. I'd jump ship tomorrow if Starry was an option in my area. BiggA

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join:2005-11-23

Central CT ·Cox HSI

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5 recommendations BiggA Premium Member Three-tier Broadband World Instead of having the haves and have-nots, we'll have the have manys, the haves, and the have-nots.



Have manys: Urban major metros where many buildings will have two, three, or more ISP options, with incumbents having to compete against Starry, Webpass, or out of market telcos like AT&T on a per building basis

Haves: Suburbs with one ISP that's fast but expensive, some areas have two or three options if the local telco has fiber or VDSL

Have nots: rural areas that are lucky to have Slow DSL or maybe fixed wireless

Anon03c5d

@hcs.net 2 recommendations Anon03c5d Anon Miami Miami already has Webpass, but it's strictly only available in new Downtown lofts and MDUs that were paved for the wealthy "professionals" moving into gentrifying neighborhoods. I wonder if Starry will be any different. I guess it's great if you live in a condo/high rise. Yay for the urban elite wealthy!

Packeteers

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join:2005-06-18

Forest Hills, NY 2 recommendations Packeteers Premium Member added my address hopefully the cabletv/telco's won't run this disruptive Aereo 2.0 out of business by the time they get here

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DevOps

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join:2005-03-19

Mullica Hill, NJ 2 recommendations ArrayList Premium Member Boston They've been in Boston for years and only service a very small portion of the city. It's pathetic.

Anon6091a

@2607:fcc8.x 2 recommendations Anon6091a Anon Cleveland Cleveland will use the service. Cleveland loved when Clear was available!