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 > Reply-To: Eugene Y Chang > To: Dotzero > Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink > 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@ieee.org > 781-799-0233 (in Honolulu) > > > >> On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Dotzero via Starlink 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 , 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > >