You buy the kit from Starlink, a Starlink-authorized retailer, or from DLT, if we have them in stock. You then book the installation separately with DLT. What you’re hiring is someone to find the right spot on your property, mount the dish so it survives a Florida summer, and run the cable in a way you won’t mind looking at. DLT is a certified Starlink installer covering North Florida and South Georgia.
On a wooded lot the dish needs a clear view of the sky, and around here that usually means working around pines rather than pretending they aren’t there. Donnie checks what could block the dish’s view of the sky before anything is drilled. Sometimes the best spot is the roof. Sometimes it’s a pole out in the open where the trees aren’t, which is why pole mounts are so common on properties in this part of the state.
The dish ends up somewhere you rarely look, but the cable runs where you will see it. Donnie plans each cable’s path so it’s hidden where it can be, sealed where it goes into the house, and buried in a trench where it crosses open ground. Starlink’s router is made to sit indoors at the end of that cable, so where the cable comes in is usually where your Wi-Fi starts.
what a Starlink install costsMoving a dish is regular work, whether it’s to a new house, from the pole barn to the new build, or from one RV to the next. So is getting a dish working again after a storm. Moving to a new house also means changing the service address in your Starlink account. Starlink warns that its network has to have room at the new address, and that you may not be able to switch back to the old one.
The options are a pole set out in the yard, with the cable buried in a trench back to the house; a roof mount, or an eave mount on the board along the roof edge, including aluminum ones; a chimney mount; or a flat mount for a motorhome or RV. Which mount you get depends on what your property allows. Starlink’s own wall mount, for example, goes high on an outside wall, near the peak or just under the roof edge. It only works where the roof sticks out 4 inches or less past the wall, so many houses with deeper eaves need a different mount.
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DLT installs Starlink where many tech companies won’t: on motorhomes, RVs, boats and yachts, as well as homes and businesses. We can handle permanent mounting, cable routing, power and onboard networking, and help set up the Starlink equipment appropriate for how and where you travel.
Motorhomes and RVs are regular work for DLT. The dish takes a flat mount, and Starlink makes a power supply that runs its current Standard dish off the vehicle’s own DC (battery) power, so you don’t need an inverter.
Starlink on RVs and motorhomesFor boats and yachts, Starlink service isn’t limited to the marina or coastline. Depending on the equipment and service plan, Starlink can provide connectivity on inland and coastal waters, offshore and in international waters. Starlink changes its plans and equipment fairly often, so the details are in the questions below.
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point-to-point wirelessIt depends on the mount, the cable run and whether any cable has to be buried. A roof mount on a single-story house is a different job from a pole a hundred feet out with the cable buried back to the house. Fill out the quote request form or call, and describe the property. Standard installations can often be quoted on the call. For other jobs, we’ll discuss the job and give you a quote or explain what else we need.
Yes. You buy the kit from Starlink, a Starlink-authorized retailer, or from DLT, if we have them in stock. You then book the installation separately with DLT. The dish can go on a pole, the roof, the eave (the edge of the roof) or a chimney, and RVs take a flat mount. Starlink starts billing when the dish is first powered on or seven days after delivery, whichever comes first, even if it isn’t installed yet. So it’s worth requesting a quote before the box arrives.
Plenty of people do, and on an open lot it’s straightforward: the dish can sit on the kickstand it ships with. It gets harder when there are trees, when the mount has to hold through storm season, or when the cable has to get inside without leaving a hole that leaks. Even the pole matters: the adapter Starlink sells for mounting the dish on a pipe fits metal pipe 1.25 to 2.5 inches across, not plastic PVC pipe.
Yes. Motorhomes, RVs, boats and yachts are regular work, and they bring two questions a house doesn’t. The first is power: Starlink makes a power supply that runs its current Standard dish straight off a vehicle’s or a boat’s own DC (battery) power, so you don’t need an inverter. The second is the plan: Starlink’s Residential plans are tied to one service address and can’t be used while you’re moving. Its Roam plans can, on land and on inland and coastal water out to 12 nautical miles. For vessels offshore, including international waters, Starlink offers maritime service on its Priority plans, such as Global Priority. Using Starlink while moving also takes a dish Starlink supports for use in motion, not the older motorized one. Starlink changes its plans and equipment fairly often, so Donnie helps you choose what fits how and where you travel.
Starlink rates its current dish to keep working in winds of 60 mph and more, and it says plainly the dish isn’t built for hurricanes. Heavy rain can slow the connection or, rarely, drop it for a while. That’s caused by the weather, not by how the dish is mounted. Starlink says its kit meets the U.S. electrical code’s grounding requirements, and that where there’s lightning, an added lightning or surge protection system may help. It also suggests unplugging the power supply and disconnecting the Starlink cable during a lightning storm. If a storm does knock it out, getting it working again is regular work.
Yes. A site visit, when needed, is billed. Asking for a quote is free.
Donnie answers the phone Monday to Saturday, 9am to 7pm. Closed Sunday.
Starlink installation across North Florida and South Georgia, about 120 miles out from Lake City.
