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


Gene
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On Sep 28, 2022, at 1:35 PM, David Lang <david@lang.hm> wrote:

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@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Reply-To: Eugene Y Chang <eugene.chang@ieee.org>
To: Dotzero <dotzero@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@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
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On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Dotzero via Starlink <starlink@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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