[Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering

[Eugene Y Chang]

What is the definition and differences between regular and best effort service?

Creating two bookings queue, wait list and best effort subscribers, the best effort subscribers are more “real”. With that, treating best effort subscribers as a (more) "real customer" backlog, it would be a good way to prioritize where to expand the constellation (i.e. where to add capacity).

Gene
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Eugene Chang
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781-799-0233 (in Honolulu)



> On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, 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 <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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