Starlink Rental for Remote Weddings
The barn is beautiful. The bandwidth is not.
Remote venues, ranches, barns, mountain lodges, and private land, are chosen precisely because they are away from everything, which is the same reason they have no usable connectivity. Then the day arrives and the photographer needs to upload, the caterer needs to run cards, and grandparents are supposed to watch a livestream.
This is one of our most common single-day rentals, and one where we would rather you over-plan the power than under-plan it.
Sky and obstruction
What the dish will actually see here
Venue-dependent, and worth checking in advance. Ranch and field venues are open and simple. The two that catch people out are barns, where the natural instinct is to put the dish indoors or under the eave where it can see nothing, and wooded or canyon venues where the tree line takes the horizon. Set the dish outside on the tripod with clear sky, and run the cable in.
Once you are set up, the captive portal on your router draws the real obstruction map from your own dish, so you can see exactly which part of the sky is blocked and move before it costs you a call.
How you get it
Shipped to you. The Starlink Mini kit ships anywhere in the country ahead of your dates. The portable power station and solar panel are local-delivery items in Colorado and cannot be shipped, so plan your own power for this trip.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it good enough to livestream a ceremony?
- Yes, comfortably, for a standard single-camera stream. Test the stream at the actual dish location the day before rather than on the morning of.
- Can I get it delivered and set up?
- In the Denver area we can deliver, and that is also the only region where the power station and solar panel are available, since they cannot ship.