Rural Farm High-Speed Internet
200-Acre Farm • Pole Mount • Outdoor Wi-Fi
Founder work from June 2025, before the company was formed: a field-built Starlink deployment for a 200-acre working farm, including custom mounting, protected outdoor WiFi extension, and coverage planned around daily operations instead of a single farmhouse install.
At a Glance
- Where
- A 200-acre working farm in Loudoun County, VA, with a house, a workshop, and a barn.
- The problem
- Legacy satellite service at about 5 Mbps, too slow and too delayed for management software, banking, and supplier calls.
- Constraints
- Long distances between buildings, a tree line across the sky view, and cable paths partly exposed to weather and lightning.
- What we did
- Starlink on a custom pole mount, weather-rated outdoor access points for the workshop and barn, and surge protection on the exposed Ethernet runs.
- What we observed
- 180 Mbps observed at commissioning, with coverage in the house, workshop, and barn.
- How it was checked
- Readings recorded at commissioning in June 2025.
- Limits of this record
- Eric Enkh did this work in June 2025, before The Orbit Tech Solutions LLC was formed in July 2025. 200 acres is the farm's size; the Wi-Fi covers the three buildings, not the fields. The photograph on this page is representative.
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Working Farm Owner • 200-Acre Agricultural Property • 5 Mbps Prior Service
Timeline: 1 day site survey, 1 day installation
The Orbit ProtocolWhat the property needed
The farm had no practical broadband option and was trying to operate on legacy satellite service that was too slow and too latent for business use. The owner needed reliable connectivity for management software, banking, supplier calls, and general operations across more than one structure.
The property scale made this more than a simple Starlink activation. There were long distances between buildings, exposed outdoor mounting conditions, and a tree line that limited clean sky visibility. Any system also needed protection from lightning and weather because the cable paths were partially exposed.
What we did
We selected a custom pole mount to clear the line of sight, then extended usable service from the main connection point to the workshop and barn with weather-rated outdoor access points and supporting infrastructure. Surge protection was added on the exposed Ethernet paths to reduce risk in an agricultural environment.
The Orbit ProtocolHow the project ran, phase by phase
Every project follows the same four steps: look at the property, design, install, then test, explain, and hand over.
Understand the property
The property walk focused on sky visibility, practical mounting locations, and which buildings needed connectivity for actual farm operations. Tree lines, exposure, and power behavior were documented before the mount design and outdoor network path were finalized.
Recommend a plan
The system was designed around a custom pole mount for clean sky access, then extended outward with weather-rated access points and protected cable paths. Surge protection was specified early because agricultural properties expose outdoor infrastructure to higher environmental risk than a typical suburban install.
Install with care
The field work was split between positioning and fabricating the mount, bringing Starlink online, and extending coverage to the workshop and barn with outdoor-rated hardware. Exterior runs were protected and finished as permanent infrastructure rather than temporary utility cabling.
Test, explain, and hand over
Performance was documented against the prior service, and the client received credentials, equipment records, and maintenance notes, including inspection guidance for the surge protection on exposed runs.
What changed, and how it was checked
In the commissioning readings, Starlink showed about 180 Mbps and 35 ms, against about 5 Mbps and 800 ms on the old satellite service, and the Wi-Fi reached the house, workshop, and barn where the farm’s office work happens.
Limits of this record: Eric Enkh did this work in June 2025, before The Orbit Tech Solutions LLC was formed in July 2025. 200 acres is the farm's size; the Wi-Fi covers the three buildings, not the fields. The photograph on this page is representative.
Before and after
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Download Speed | 5 Mbps satellite | 180 Mbps Starlink |
| Latency | 800 ms | 35 ms |
| Building Coverage | Main house only | House + workshop + barn |
| Video Calls | Not workable on the old service (owner’s account) | Working at commissioning |
From the installation
Roof-edge mount for sky visibility over the pasture
This deployment applies architecture documented across our service methodology:
Services Deployed
Equipment Manifest
- Starlink Standard Kit
- UniFi Dream Machine
- 3x UniFi AP AC Pro
- Custom pole mount
- Ethernet surge protectors
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