[Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering

[David Lang]

that strip of land is different every orbit, a given satellite doesn't pass over 
the same land each orbit.

David Lang

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

> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:40:35 -1000
> From: Eugene Y Chang <eugene.chang at ieee.org>
> To: David Lang <david at lang.hm>
> Cc: Eugene Chang <eugene.chang at ieee.org>, Dotzero <dotzero at gmail.com>,
>     Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering
> 
> Yes and no.
>
> Yes they can beef up the constellation, one section at a time. (For a given launch, the are enhancing a particular orbit.)
>
> Depending on your definition of “one area” when you say “not in any one area”.
> Technically they would beef up an area in the shape of strips, where the strip is the ground under the orbit of the additional (new) satellites.
>
> Sorry, when I say “add service to an area”, it implies adding coverage to strips of land, the land under the new satellite orbit.
>
> https://satellitemap.space/?constellation=starlink <https://satellitemap.space/?constellation=starlink>
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>
> Gene
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> Eugene Chang
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> eugene.chang at ieee.org
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>> On Sep 28, 2022, at 1:35 PM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
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>> 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
>>> 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
>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>> Eugene Chang
>>> IEEE Senior Life Member
>>> eugene.chang at ieee.org
>>> 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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