I did a one hour drive test combined with a data logger (calling it LeoBox for now), posted it compressed into 15’ https://youtu.be/UExU-_VHWjA Best, Mike On May 6, 2022, 03:46 +0400, Larry Press , wrote: > > In a week or two I'm going to take my dish out and drive around for a few hours > > Roaming in motion works -- see the updates at the end of this post: > https://circleid.com/posts/20220225-spacex-is-testing-starlink-roaming > But it's not yet officially supported. > > Elon Musk says it's working in Ukraine. > > Stationary roaming, portability, is now officially offered at extra cost and with some constraints: > https://support.starlink.com/?topic=1426e78a-7384-0334-3fc0-ddf5a76d7afe > > Larry > > From: Starlink on behalf of David Lang > Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 2:21 AM > To: Ulrich Speidel > Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > Subject: Re: [Starlink] Portability Now Available (fwd) > > remember that starlink is getting coverage from many satellites as they come > over, it's not like geostationary satellites that can aim specific antennas at > specific locations (i.e. 'spotbeams' are not a thing) > > > (just received the inverter I ordered, now to convert the plugs...) > > I expect the waitlist is a combination of two things. > > 1. the number of subscribers already in the area > 2. supply availability (I expect this is why Ukraine is a waitlist, they have > supplied dishes to the government, but if you try to order one yourself, you > would have to wait) > > David Lang > > On Thu, 5 May 2022, Ulrich Speidel wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 19:40:01 +1200 > > From: Ulrich Speidel > > To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > > Subject: Re: [Starlink] Portability Now Available (fwd) > > > > Cool. Very interesting! That's one pile of information all of a sudden. They > > could do that more often IMHO. > > > > Nothing like official confirmation that the tropics are an almost > > Starlink-free zone, and that places reasonably away from the 53rd parallels > > are secondary service zones. They forgot their 50-odd terminals in Tonga (I > > heard yesterday about someone in the northern islands who brought a dishy > > from overseas and found it didn't work... obviously believed the headlines... > > sigh). > > > > Also interesting that there seems to be, finally, some sort of disclosure on > > cell size. Someone will need to explain to me why there are waitlist areas in > > the Auckland area surrounded by full service. The areas concerned are rural, > > which you'd think they'd want to service with priority over our > > well-connected CBD... Too many subscribers there already, or not enough to > > warrant a spot beam? Similar soft spots near Sydney, holes in Foveaux Strait, > > the Hauraki Gulf, southeast of Murray Bridge in South Australia, southern > > Chile, ... What do I read into this? Two-fold: Where it's near 53 degrees, > > they're probably oversubscribed or lack terminal supply, or both. Where it's > > well away from 53 degrees, I'd guess they probably just lack satellite > > capacity full stop. > > > > Ukraine is waitlisted...? But wait - didn't Starlink just take over the > > Internet there? Interesting also that one of the waitlist / no service areas > > in Germany is right where they had the floods & where Starlink got deployed > > very publicly with (I understand) some success. Did the locals hang on to the > > emergency dishys and does this now saturate the network there? And what did > > the Greeks do to be all waitlisted? > > > > So what happens if you roam from a place with availability into a place with > > "waitlist" status? Anyone with a dishy up for a road trip with a story to > > tell? > > > > $25/month sounds steep but is probably modest in comparison to the roaming > > charges that some cellular providers charge. > > > > On 5/05/2022 7:00 pm, David Lang wrote: > >> received this Wednesday evening. > >> Makes sense, > >> > >> David Lang > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> Portability Now Available > >> > >> Starlink is excited to announce Portability as an add-on feature for all > >> Starlink customers. Portability enables customers to temporarily move their > >> Starlink to new locations and receive high-speed internet anywhere where > >> Starlink provides active coverage within the same continent. 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