From what I have observed, there is a new “roaming” flag in terminal properties that determines roaming capability. Mine is false, and I could not get service if I set the service address too far.
The way the UT does it is, after startup, it moves to zero tilt, then searches and registers with any passing satellite, likely using a low-rate, omnidireccional beacon. The backend then informs the terminal if it is out of its service address, and if so, it will just sit there doing nothing (although it does periodically send stuff).
On Feb 21, 2022, 23:31 +0300, Dick Roy <dickroy@alum.mit.edu>, wrote:
What does your contract say about the "where" you can expect service from
your dishy? I suspect the system is capable of tracking all users at all
times they're in coverage which is how they could/would enforce a
contractual limitation/constraint.
RR
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From: Starlink [mailto:starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net] On Behalf Of
David Lang
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2022 11:30 PM
To: Larry Press
Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink Roaming
tonight I took it to a friends house about 25 miles away and within a couple
min
it gave me an error message saying that I wasn't at my assigned location.
David Lang
On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, Larry Press wrote:
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:22:44 +0000
From: Larry Press <lpress@csudh.edu>
To: David Lang <david@lang.hm>,
Jonathan Bennett <jonathanbennett@hackaday.com>
Cc: "starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink Roaming
David brought his dish to my location -- about fifty miles from his
service loacation and in a different cell and it could not connect. We had a
clear view of the entire sky. He speculated that that was because it was
registered to use a specific ground station that was out of range at my
place. Does that seem reasonable?
Larry Press
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From: Starlink <starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net> on behalf of David
Lang <david@lang.hm>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:29 PM
To: Jonathan Bennett <jonathanbennett@hackaday.com>
Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink Roaming
I asked starlink about temp service away from my registered location, they
said
I have two options
1. formally change the service location (if approved, guaranteed to work,
but
you aren't guaranteed to be able to change the service location back)
2. best effort, set it up and try it. Service may perfect, or may be worse
(all
the way to non-existant) depending on how many other dishes are in use in
the
area.
I've done some limited testing with my dish within about 15 miles of my
registered location (in both cases with less than optimal sky views) and
it's
worked without a hitch. I plan to do a test further away this weekend (but
in a
less populated area, so I have high hopes)
David Lang
On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
It appears that there is now a system in place for Starlink to re-connect
even if you are outside your official service cell. For those of us who
want to use Starlink on vacations or other trips, this is quite the
development.
--Jonathan Bennett
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