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Remove Starlink's 90-Day Country Transfer Rule

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Mary Bowker Verified
1 month ago

As full time live aboard sailors, we rely on Starlink for weather, clearance procedures in new countries, and conducting our personal business. In an increasing digital world and as sailors with no easy way to receive mail, we are able to manage our affairs from our boat with Starlink. In areas like the Carribean, we are often not in any single country for 30 days, which makes changing our address to a new country challenging. The global priority plan is prohibitively expensive for us.

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Robert Thomson Verified
1 month ago

Circumnavigating on a sailboat so changing counties every couple of months Use iceba mode when necessary but Global priority just too expensive.

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Pete Bratton Verified
1 month ago

You know Starlink must be so good to survive the people running it. The customer service is the worst ever. I've never been able to talk to someone and the interface is idiot friendly. Whoever designed their interface has their head up their ass. Just sayin.

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Louis Saucier Verified
1 month ago

Safety and affordability. Like most private sailors, I need a reliable satellite connection onboard my dailboat. I will have to switch to another satellite provider if this rule is implemented.

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Robert Yancey Verified
1 month ago

Cruising sailor Removing safety feature

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Lisa Warren Verified
1 month ago

Starlink has been become an sailors necessity. Not only to keep in touch with friends and family but for safety as well. Navigating safe waters, staying away from bad weather and incoming storms but also emergency help if needed. Please reconsider.

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Roger Brisson Verified
1 month ago

It is a safety issue for many. Right now people can get weather updates while out at sea , let family know they are ok and just behind schedule. Find and plot alternatives quickly People that can’t afford global fees will just cancel it which will put them at risk. This is both a land and sea issue.

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Nicole Edworthy Verified
1 month ago

International vanlifer

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Barb Thomson Verified
1 month ago

Starlink aids sailors from everywhere but now they are making it so very hard to use how we need to!

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Jimmy Andersson Verified
1 month ago

Freedom

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Marcel Cantor Verified
1 month ago

We are sailing and do not stay in each country very long

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Gabriela Boschetti-Künzli Verified
1 month ago

Keep updated

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Anita McMahon Verified
1 month ago

Reliable connectivity is the life blood of safe sailing globally. Do this and customers will leave by their thousands

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Roberto Pachi Verified
1 month ago

Starlink gave sailors a new layer of safety, why hinder it?

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Uwe Schmidt Verified
1 month ago

Because the 30 day rule doesn’t work for sailors

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Denton Earnhardt Verified
1 month ago

The new proposed rules for the Roam Unlimited are unattainable as we move through multiple countries in a few month period on our sailboat. We use Starlink for safety, weather files, and doctor’s visits when needed virtually. This new plan would not work for us or many other fellow sailors who use it the same way. We can not afford paying $600+ USD a month as we live on a tight budget. Thank you for consideration for coming up with a plan that would not lock us into a country for 90 days.

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Hendrik van Berkum Verified
1 month ago

Ik leef op een zeilboot op een budget. De huidige starlink kan ik net betalen maar het wordt nu echt te duur.

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Frank Haveman Verified
1 month ago

Keep contact with homebase at an affordable price.

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Soren Jensen Verified
1 month ago

Starlink should offer service linked to the boat registration of boat owned by user

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Thomas Friedrich Verified
1 month ago

It is necessary to remove the 90 day rule because it just doesn’t make sense for Yacht owners because of our frequent required change of the country as it happens in areas like the Pacific. As well it’s absolutely mandatory that the change of the Location/country can be done via a simple process online and without re-registering/selling the unit to another person. Thank you for changing adapting your process of policies.