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Interesting that he places Starlink above the 5G link in "network priority".

I would think that 5G would usually offer better speeds and ping times than Starlink in areas where it's available.

Starlink would be used when camping; 5G doesn't work in scenarios like [1] this and is only useful when hanging around cities as the range of 5G is very poor.

[1] https://ghuntley.com/content/images/size/w1600/2021/02/Photo...

The point of the priority system is that it isn't based on what you're doing ("camping") but instead on the actual network conditions.

If Starlink is ranked above 5G, then it'll never fall back to 5G. 5G should be ranked above Starlink, and then when camping and there's no 5G it doesn't matter the ranking.

Starlink is still geofenced to 25 miles IIRC, so his setup should fall back to other options when he leaves that area. I'm still not sure if it makes sense to rank starlink above 5G, though.

If Starlink gets their lasers working, it may be better than 5G in some areas, since it depends on the backhaul.

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