[Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering

[David Lang]

they sent it to everyone on the waiting lists.

I've used my dishy in 'roaming' mode, which is best effort and it worked better 
than trying to teather to my cell phone (the only other choice in the area) ;-)

I think the results are going to vary wildly depending on how heavy usage is in 
your area.

David Lang

On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, Dotzero via Starlink wrote:

> It appears they sent the email about best effort service to lots of people.
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 4:02 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
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>>
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