<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">What is the definition and differences between regular and best effort service?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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).<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Dotzero via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" class="">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">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.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has anyone had experience with this offering? Any input appreciated. If it makes a difference, location is Central East Ohio.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">According to <a href="https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1002-69942-69?regionCode=US" class="">https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1002-69942-69?regionCode=US</a>, 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. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mike</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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