Starry's Uncapped 200 Mbps Wireless Hits Parts of DC, LA Startup millimeter wave wireless ISP Starry says the company has launched its speedy service in limited portions of Washington DC and Los Angeles. The company emerged in 2016 in a flurry of hype without a whole lot to show for it aside from a semi-sexy router. Eventually, the service, which leans heavily on point-to-multipoint nodes utilizing 38 GHz spectrum and pre-standard 5G gear, was only made available in limited portions of Boston. There, users could nab a 200 Mbps connection (with no usage caps) for $50 per month.

Today, the company quietly said the company's $50, 200 Mbps offering would now be available in "select areas" of both Los Angeles and Washington DC. From there, things should ramp up significantly. The company is promising to expand the offering into more than a dozen new markets this year including New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami and Minneapolis. In its announcement, Starry co-founder and CEO Chet Kanojia (who you may recall was behind the dismantled TV service Aereo) promised that the ISP would respect net neutrality in the wake of the FCC's recent repeal. "When we founded Starry, we set out to be different. We knew we could develop and build a new and innovative broadband network, but we also wanted to deliver on a superior customer experience," Kanojia said. "We take the privilege of being in your home and being your family’s ISP very seriously," he added. "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." If you're one of the few people actually able to get Starry service, do readers a favor and drop your impressions into the comment section below. If you're one of the few people actually able to get Starry service, do readers a favor and drop your impressions into the comment section below.







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whfsdude

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Washington, DC 7 recommendations whfsdude Premium Member Can't Use Your Own Router Reading their support faqs indicate that you can't use your own router with the service. :-( I think they're going to have a hard time in the DC market with Comcast offering aggressive pricing, RCN, and Verizon FiOS.

minnesnowta

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Minneapolis, MN 1113.6 42.6

Technicolor CGM4331

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states the speeds are symmetrical. I'll switch to this if the latency is low and can actually deliver at near 200Mbps speeds. Did some quick googling and found this link: » support.starry.com/hc/en ··· et-cost- states the speeds are symmetrical. I'll switch to this if the latency is low and can actually deliver at near 200Mbps speeds. shmerl

join:2013-10-21 2 recommendations shmerl Member Did they exaplain why they can't offer gigabit bandwidth? In their original plan they talked about gigabit, but later they scaled it down.