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Remove Starlink's 90-Day Country Transfer Rule

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Beverly Frederick Verified
1 month ago

We are new cruisers and have never sailed *without* Starlink, but the proposed new rules are a deal breaker.

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Kiera Rumbough Verified
1 month ago

Starlink makes our NGO sailing research vessel work possible! It would be a very big loss for us and for the work that we do if we were no longer able to afford internet access.

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Valerie Baars Verified
1 month ago

We are sailors and have been cruising on and off since 1992. We are presently sailing throughout the South Pacific and Starlink has been a tremendous asset in regards to the safety and communications which it provides.

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Alexander Ramseyer Verified
1 month ago

Cruising on my sailboat

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Anita Ingebretsen Verified
1 month ago

Make Starlink great again!

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Diah Gunawan Verified
1 month ago

The new rules will make Starlink unaffordable / infeasible for us outside EEA.

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Holli Gibson Verified
1 month ago

As a sailing cruiser, this change means that we will have to be without communication often now. Now way to stay in contact with family and friends, get updated weather, etc. we’ve come to rely on Starlink for our internet access.

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Nigel Forster Verified
1 month ago

As small yacht cruising sailors' the 90-day rule will be a barrier to accessing Starlink during our travels. This will greatly impact our comfort and safety in remote areas and on ocean passages.

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Yehezkel Yosef Verified
1 month ago

I am a cruiser. I prefer to stay with one platform. This is cost prohibited and will make us buy cellular data.

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Nicholas Whyborn Verified
1 month ago

My wife and have been relying on Starlink for connectivity while cruising on our yacht the past two and a half years. We are retired and have a very limited budget and for us global priority is not affordable. The new rules will force us to find another way to access weather info.

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Enn Õunpuu Verified
1 month ago

Using on sailboat

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Jessica Longshore Verified
1 month ago

We move countries often

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Catherine Willen Verified
1 month ago

It is not possible for me to return to my home port within 30 days. For the onward journey by sailboat, it would be important for safety reasons to keep Starlink active.

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Dan Bereczki Verified
1 month ago

As a sailor, Starlink has been an essential part of my safety, navigation and communication system. Please remove the 90 day transfer restriction. This rule would put me and my crew in jeopardy especially during cyclone season if we had to remain in a specific area to maintain service

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Tim Lees Verified
1 month ago

Priority data will be too expensive for me. I’m cruising on my boat from country to country and only use the mini Starlink offshore for weather and occasional emails

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Fellipe Prata Verified
1 month ago

I depend on starlink to travel to remote places while I’m able to work from those places. Without it, it would make it impossible to keep traveling the world.

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Alan Pascoe Verified
1 month ago

Becuase Im permanently cruising and not likley to return home for some years, this is very important for all sorts of reasons from friends and fammily commuincations to more important weather safety and the different warning systems

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Deniz Karamanoğlu Saral Verified
1 month ago

We are a sailing family living on our boat. This rule change will affect us a lot, in a bad way!

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Andy Kopac Verified
1 month ago

I’m a Nomadic cruiser and a SpaceX/Starlink investor and really think making Starlink affordable and mobile for cruising boats is a huge safety thing.

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Ted Garrington Verified
1 month ago

The room plan has filled the perfect niche with allowing cruisers connectivity for safety, entertainment and contact with family and the rest of the world. The combination of global room when close to land and switching on the far more expensive mode when at Sea has struck a nice balance for global cruisers. The ladder being simply cost inhibitive. I would greatly urge you to consider either keeping the current plan or creating a hybrid plan that is priced at the target of cruisers.