From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B4D33B29D for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:35:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.70]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFE614B347; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:35:21 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: Eugene Y Chang cc: Dotzero , Dave Taht via Starlink In-Reply-To: <198D364D-DA0E-445A-8E13-FDA24486E30C@ieee.org> Message-ID: <39q83o29-4r63-2qn6-1s46-n97rq66qrpn6@ynat.uz> References: <198D364D-DA0E-445A-8E13-FDA24486E30C@ieee.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="===============2223764759468765555==" Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:35:23 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --===============2223764759468765555== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT 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 > > --===============2223764759468765555== Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <24o725n2-s3rq-s382-sn3-n1q37pn8p8o5@ynat.uz> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: INLINE X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KU3Rhcmxpbmsg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0ClN0YXJsaW5rQGxpc3RzLmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldC9saXN0aW5mby9zdGFybGluawo= --===============2223764759468765555==--