Coverage
Starlink talks to satellites rather than towers, so being four hours from a city changes nothing. What matters is whether something solid sits between the dish and the northern sky. Collect the kit in Calgary and take it as far as you like.
Starlink does not need towers, so coverage is about obstruction, not distance. Pick the kit up here and it works everywhere on this map, and a long way past the edges of it.
Meet us in the northwest, seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, usually within a couple of hours of booking. No appointment window to work around and no weekday-evening-only slot.
Inside Calgary city limits for $25, waived for Orbit members and above. Book before 1pm on a weekday and it is at your door that afternoon.
The kit weighs a kilogram and fits behind a seat. Every place on this map is somewhere our kits have been, and every one of them is a drive from Calgary.
Pickup and city delivery only for now, so you do need to collect from Calgary or be in the city. If you are outside and stuck, message us — we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Based on where our kits actually go once they leave Calgary. If you are heading somewhere unusual, send us the coordinates and we will look at it with you before you book.
Excellent, with care about tree line
Banff, Jasper, Kananaskis and Waterton. Valley campsites with steep walls to the north are the one place to think carefully — set up in the most open part of the site and keep the dish clear of the tree line.
Excellent
Cowboy Trail, Porcupine Hills, Bragg Creek. Wide open sky, almost no obstruction, and cell coverage that disappears the moment you leave the highway. This is the best case for satellite.
Excellent
Drumheller, Cypress Hills, Dinosaur Provincial Park and the whole southeast. Nothing to block the sky in any direction.
Very good in clearings
Fort McMurray, Peace Country, Lac La Biche and the work camps beyond. Dense spruce is the thing to plan around — get the dish above the canopy or into a clearing.
Very good in a clearing
Sylvan, Pigeon, Gull, Lesser Slave and the rest. Mature trees around older cabins are the usual obstacle. Moving the dish twenty metres into the open usually solves it, and the cable reaches.
Works year round
The Mini is rated to -30 C and sheds light snow off its sloped face. Brush it clear after a heavy dump, expect a brief drop in a squall the same as any radio link, and budget a little more power when it is cold.