[Starlink] Portability Now Available (fwd)

Thu May 5 22:41:56 EDT 2022

I did a one hour drive test combined with a data logger (calling it LeoBox for now), posted it compressed into 15’

https://youtu.be/UExU-_VHWjA

Best,

Mike
On May 6, 2022, 03:46 +0400, Larry Press <lpress at csudh.edu>, wrote:
> > In a week or two I'm going to take my dish out and drive around for a few hours
>
> Roaming in motion works -- see the updates at the end of this post:
> https://circleid.com/posts/20220225-spacex-is-testing-starlink-roaming
> But it's not yet officially supported.
>
> Elon Musk says it's working in Ukraine.
>
> Stationary roaming, portability, is now officially offered at extra cost and with some constraints:
> https://support.starlink.com/?topic=1426e78a-7384-0334-3fc0-ddf5a76d7afe
>
> Larry
>
> From: Starlink <starlink-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net> on behalf of David Lang <david at lang.hm>
> Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 2:21 AM
> To: Ulrich Speidel <u.speidel at auckland.ac.nz>
> Cc: starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Portability Now Available (fwd)
>
> remember that starlink is getting coverage from many satellites as they come
> over, it's not like geostationary satellites that can aim specific antennas at
> specific locations (i.e. 'spotbeams' are not a thing)
>
>
> (just received the inverter I ordered, now to convert the plugs...)
>
> I expect the waitlist is a combination of two things.
>
> 1. the number of subscribers already in the area
> 2. supply availability (I expect this is why Ukraine is a waitlist, they have
> supplied dishes to the government, but if you try to order one yourself, you
> would have to wait)
>
> David Lang
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2022, Ulrich Speidel wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 19:40:01 +1200
> > From: Ulrich Speidel <u.speidel at auckland.ac.nz>
> > To: starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net
> > Subject: Re: [Starlink] Portability Now Available (fwd)
> >
> > Cool. Very interesting! That's one pile of information all of a sudden. They
> > could do that more often IMHO.
> >
> > Nothing like official confirmation that the tropics are an almost
> > Starlink-free zone, and that places reasonably away from the 53rd parallels
> > are secondary service zones. They forgot their 50-odd terminals in Tonga (I
> > heard yesterday about someone in the northern islands who brought a dishy
> > from overseas and found it didn't work... obviously believed the headlines...
> > sigh).
> >
> > Also interesting that there seems to be, finally, some sort of disclosure on
> > cell size. Someone will need to explain to me why there are waitlist areas in
> > the Auckland area surrounded by full service. The areas concerned are rural,
> > which you'd think they'd want to service with priority over our
> > well-connected CBD... Too many subscribers there already, or not enough to
> > warrant a spot beam? Similar soft spots near Sydney, holes in Foveaux Strait,
> > the Hauraki Gulf, southeast of Murray Bridge in South Australia, southern
> > Chile, ... What do I read into this? Two-fold: Where it's near 53 degrees,
> > they're probably oversubscribed or lack terminal supply, or both. Where it's
> > well away from 53 degrees, I'd guess they probably just lack satellite
> > capacity full stop.
> >
> > Ukraine is waitlisted...? But wait - didn't Starlink just take over the
> > Internet there? Interesting also that one of the waitlist / no service areas
> > in Germany is right where they had the floods & where Starlink got deployed
> > very publicly with (I understand) some success. Did the locals hang on to the
> > emergency dishys and does this now saturate the network there? And what did
> > the Greeks do to be all waitlisted?
> >
> > So what happens if you roam from a place with availability into a place with
> > "waitlist" status? Anyone with a dishy up for a road trip with a story to
> > tell?
> >
> > $25/month sounds steep but is probably modest in comparison to the roaming
> > charges that some cellular providers charge.
> >
> > On 5/05/2022 7:00 pm, David Lang wrote:
> >> received this Wednesday evening.
> >> Makes sense,
> >>
> >> David Lang
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> Portability Now Available
> >>
> >> Starlink is excited to announce Portability as an add-on feature for all
> >> Starlink customers. Portability enables customers to temporarily move their
> >> Starlink to new locations and receive high-speed internet anywhere where
> >> Starlink provides active coverage within the same continent. To see active
> >> coverage areas, please view the Starlink Availability Map (
> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.starlink.com/map__;!!P7nkOOY!sj8OeR4-Jc81zUlPLyHWjevs2T7WuFV5ewjaeOYg3m3H3_muO_XNGIDy3-WKuyifj4KWtvvwT-EHPQ$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.starlink.com/map__;!!P7nkOOY!sj8OeR4-Jc81zUlPLyHWjevs2T7WuFV5ewjaeOYg3m3H3_muO_XNGIDy3-WKuyifj4KWtvvwT-EHPQ$ > ).
> >>
> >> You can enable Portability for $25/month on your account page (
> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://starlink.com/account__;!!P7nkOOY!sj8OeR4-Jc81zUlPLyHWjevs2T7WuFV5ewjaeOYg3m3H3_muO_XNGIDy3-WKuyifj4KWtvus-BPS0Q$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://starlink.com/account__;!!P7nkOOY!sj8OeR4-Jc81zUlPLyHWjevs2T7WuFV5ewjaeOYg3m3H3_muO_XNGIDy3-WKuyifj4KWtvus-BPS0Q$ > ). Once
> >> enabled, Portability will take effect immediately, and you can disable
> >> Portability from your account page at any time.
> >>
> >> To learn more about Starlink Portability, please read our FAQ page (
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