[Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering

[Dave Taht]

Awesome. We don't have any data on their best effort service. It would
be my hope they configure things
with buffering suitable for that range of achievable speeds.

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 12:53 PM Dotzero via Starlink
<starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
> I've been on the wait list for almost 10 months and just received an email that I can sign up for a "best efforts" offering. Seeing as they also indicated the estimated time for regular service is mid-2023, I decided to go with it (You don't lose your place on the wait list). You can also "pause" the best effort service so I don't really have anything to lose.
>
> Has anyone had experience with this offering? Any input appreciated. If it makes a difference, location is Central East Ohio.
>
> According to https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1002-69942-69?regionCode=US, latency will be comparable to regular service, down will be 5-100mbs and up will be 1-10mps unless service is deprioritized due to congestion.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike
>
> _______________________________________________
> Starlink mailing list
> Starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net
> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink



-- 
FQ World Domination pending: https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/
Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC