[Starlink] Starlink Roaming

[Mike Puchol]

About three weeks ago, I got word from Starlink that anything resembling “true roaming” was not in the short-terms books, as it presents many issues. You can move your service address, but you are not guaranteed to be able to “come back”, as your slot in the cell could then be filled by someone on the waiting list.

Otherwise, they would need to keep an amount of empty floating slots in every cell, which would be wasteful. I anticipate roaming to be a paid feature, at least for non-premium plans.

Best,

Mike
On Feb 14, 2022, 21:29 +0100, David Lang <david at lang.hm>, wrote:
> I asked starlink about temp service away from my registered location, they said
> I have two options
>
> 1. formally change the service location (if approved, guaranteed to work, but
> you aren't guaranteed to be able to change the service location back)
>
> 2. best effort, set it up and try it. Service may perfect, or may be worse (all
> the way to non-existant) depending on how many other dishes are in use in the
> area.
>
> I've done some limited testing with my dish within about 15 miles of my
> registered location (in both cases with less than optimal sky views) and it's
> worked without a hitch. I plan to do a test further away this weekend (but in a
> less populated area, so I have high hopes)
>
> David Lang
>
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
>
> > It appears that there is now a system in place for Starlink to re-connect
> > even if you are outside your official service cell. For those of us who
> > want to use Starlink on vacations or other trips, this is quite the
> > development.
> >
> > --Jonathan Bennett
> >
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