This technology device helps you use the Internet much faster than usual

The new system that uses wireless millimeter transmitters for gigabit speeds per second will completely solve the disconnection, slow network or router operation is unstable.

Many of you must have experienced the feeling of "angry" because you have to wait a dozen minutes to load a website. Unstable Internet connection, dropped connection or erratic router is the nightmare no one wants to meet.

Chet Kanojia at the Starry presentation earlier this year.

Unfortunately, Internet providers often lack the effort to improve airtime because of the monopoly in this area. Therefore, users must either accept "living with floods" or nothing.

Some companies, such as Google, are pushing up the service of offering new, but expensive, fiber optic cables. That explains why Google Fiber is currently only popular in some major US cities.

The new choice is called Starry

Last week, US startup Starry launched a $ 350 Starry Station router with a touch screen that allows easy setup and management. It is a great device, but the price is quite expensive compared to a regular router.

In return, Starry Station brings other interesting things. The company is contributing to the new wireless Internet revolution.

New products are cheaper (capacity) compared to standard fiber optic connectors and offer superior speed advantages.

How does Starry's Internet system work?

The company set up special transmitters called Starry Beams on the roof. They use millimeter wave technology to signal. The receiver is called Starry Points located at the room window (because millimeter waves cannot penetrate walls).

Starry Point receiver receiver set at the door.

From there, users can connect Starry Point to the Starry Station router to use the home Internet to delight. Starry Beam transmitters are connected to the Internet from fiber-optic lines, much like the 4G broadcast method of carriers, but Starry's service is much faster than the phone experience.

In a recent interview with Tech Insider, CEO Chet Kanojia of Starry said the company offers two different types of transmitters. The lower version has an expected download speed of up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps), four times the Internet average in the United States. Premium models for speeds of 1 Mbps, allow downloading a 2-hour HD movie in seconds. Most people have to spend a lot of money to experience such speed.

Service prices will be cheaper

Kanojia insists that Starry will be much cheaper than standard wireless broadband, but refuses to give specific numbers. He mentioned the cost of $ 85 per month for a 50 Mbps connection in New York, so it is expected that it will be lower than this number.

Low cost and high speed are the advantages of Starry.

Unlike competitors that offer wired networks like Comcast, Starry only offers unlimited storage. The only thing users have to do is choose the connection speed.

"I think people will tend to switch to using the service of a better product provider at a low price , " Kanojia said when talking about the company's service.

Does the system work effectively?

Starry revealed the plan earlier this year and immediately received many skeptical glances. The company's millimeter wave technology is not a new concept and its limitations have not been fully addressed.

Some people say that the system only operates in short range (about 200 meters) and can be affected by the weather. Even Facebook, Google and Samsung are testing the Internet using millimeter waves. Google also thought of using unmanned aircraft to provide Internet from the sky with the same technique.

Starry Station router set.

That's why Starry acted cautiously with moderate-scale service deployment, initially expected to show only a few neighborhoods in Boston this summer and expand elsewhere if the system works well. determined. Kanojia claimed that the Starry transmitter had a range of 1 kilometer and they were working to overcome the limitations of bad weather.

"In the early days, we still couldn't solve all problems. Registration only applies to subscribers who are eligible to deploy the system," Kanojia said in connection with testing the service.

The company arranges patrol car around Boston area to check connection quality. Initially, the service was tested only on a limited number of users, maybe only a few hundred people.

When Starry covered all Boston, the service is expected to expand to other cities. Kanojia hopes to achieve this in the first half of 2017. There are still many reasons to be skeptical of the Starry project, as the developer is just a small company that is involved in challenging, good fields. As technology uses really nothing new. However, if the experimental results are successful, Starry will be a pioneering company to provide a complete alternative to the wire network.