[Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering

[David Lang]

The Starlink satellites are in low orbit (<90 min), so you beef up the 
contellation overall, not in any one area.

David Lang

On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, Eugene Y Chang via Starlink wrote:

> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:07:43 -1000
> From: Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Reply-To: Eugene Y Chang <eugene.chang at ieee.org>
> To: Dotzero <dotzero at gmail.com>
> Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering
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> 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).
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> Gene
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> Eugene Chang
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>> On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Dotzero via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Mike
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