Starlink as a backup Internet connection: how failover works
Combining your primary connection with Starlink can help keep your network online during an outage. Here is how a basic failover setup works.
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Combining your primary connection with Starlink can help keep your network online during an outage. Here is how a basic failover setup works.

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