Good point… that sure makes matching new capacity to new subscribers really hard.
Gene ---------------------------------------------- Eugene Chang IEEE Senior Life Member [email protected] 781-799-0233 (in Honolulu) > On Sep 28, 2022, at 6:29 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > that strip of land is different every orbit, a given satellite doesn't pass > over the same land each orbit. > > David Lang > > On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, Eugene Y Chang wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:40:35 -1000 >> From: Eugene Y Chang <[email protected]> >> To: David Lang <[email protected]> >> Cc: Eugene Chang <[email protected]>, Dotzero <[email protected]>, >> Dave Taht via Starlink <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering >> 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 >> <https://satellitemap.space/?constellation=starlink> >> >> >> Gene >> ---------------------------------------------- >> Eugene Chang >> IEEE Senior Life Member >> [email protected] >> 781-799-0233 (in Honolulu) >> >> >> >>> On Sep 28, 2022, at 1:35 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: Eugene Y Chang <[email protected]> >>>> To: Dotzero <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <[email protected]> >>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> 781-799-0233 (in Honolulu) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sep 28, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Dotzero via Starlink >>>>> <[email protected]> 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 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Starlink mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Starlink mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >>
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