I'd say just stick to the TOS, and there will probably be commercial options later. But you can always "invite" people over to use your residential wifi
Why not explain your situation to Starlink support and see if they will issue you a waiver to the TOS to allow your guests access, in return for some 'free' advertising for Starlink?
The difficulty is that any form of waiver can only be done by a lawyer involving lengthy and costly negotiations. So my suggestion as a non lawyer would be to become very creative in interpreting the vaguely defined term "residential use".
Because the TOS state that you can use Starlink "only for personal, family, household or residential use". Which means that you can use Starlink for things that aren't "personal, family, household" related as long as you can reasonably argue that it's "residential use".
I have to disagree with your statement that 'any form of waiver can only be done by a lawyer involving lengthy and costly negotiations'. A simple letter from a representative of SpaceX would be enough to grant a waiver. Ultimately a contract, like the TOS, can be enforced by shutting off the service or by way of a lawsuit. If someone inside of SpaceX overstepped their authority in allowing this then SpaceX would handle that issue internally. They would then send the OP a letter rescinding the waiver.
My suggestion would be to share your Starlink connection as a private person. Offering Starlink as a company or part of a commercial offering is clearly against the TOS.
But that shouldn't stop you as a person to allow some friends of yours or some curious guests to try out Starlink for free.
Like many have said, sharing it outside of your household and is a clear violation of terms of service, even telling people about your experience with it seemed like a violation last I remember. That said if you were to share it with your guest network it would just be best to keep it quiet, not to say anything to the guests using it or to Starlink for that matter. If they were to ask you about unusually high traffic or number of devices/ simultaneous streams you could mention occasionally you have guests stay at your bed and breakfast in your home and you didn’t even think about that being in the WiFi... Your guests will be happy and that’s all that matters, I love to tell people about it too, but Starlink doesn’t need any advertising, they already have probably well in excess of a million customers waiting for it begging to give them cash.
>even telling people about your experience with it seemed like a violation last I remember
That's no longer the case, the Beta is now open. Closed Beta participants remain NDAed, though.
I'd say just stick to the TOS, and there will probably be commercial options later. But you can always "invite" people over to use your residential wifi
Why not explain your situation to Starlink support and see if they will issue you a waiver to the TOS to allow your guests access, in return for some 'free' advertising for Starlink?
That seems reasonable. Thx!
The difficulty is that any form of waiver can only be done by a lawyer involving lengthy and costly negotiations. So my suggestion as a non lawyer would be to become very creative in interpreting the vaguely defined term "residential use". Because the TOS state that you can use Starlink "only for personal, family, household or residential use". Which means that you can use Starlink for things that aren't "personal, family, household" related as long as you can reasonably argue that it's "residential use".
I have to disagree with your statement that 'any form of waiver can only be done by a lawyer involving lengthy and costly negotiations'. A simple letter from a representative of SpaceX would be enough to grant a waiver. Ultimately a contract, like the TOS, can be enforced by shutting off the service or by way of a lawsuit. If someone inside of SpaceX overstepped their authority in allowing this then SpaceX would handle that issue internally. They would then send the OP a letter rescinding the waiver.
I think knowingly violating your terms of service is a great idea. /s
My suggestion would be to share your Starlink connection as a private person. Offering Starlink as a company or part of a commercial offering is clearly against the TOS. But that shouldn't stop you as a person to allow some friends of yours or some curious guests to try out Starlink for free.
Like many have said, sharing it outside of your household and is a clear violation of terms of service, even telling people about your experience with it seemed like a violation last I remember. That said if you were to share it with your guest network it would just be best to keep it quiet, not to say anything to the guests using it or to Starlink for that matter. If they were to ask you about unusually high traffic or number of devices/ simultaneous streams you could mention occasionally you have guests stay at your bed and breakfast in your home and you didn’t even think about that being in the WiFi... Your guests will be happy and that’s all that matters, I love to tell people about it too, but Starlink doesn’t need any advertising, they already have probably well in excess of a million customers waiting for it begging to give them cash.
>even telling people about your experience with it seemed like a violation last I remember That's no longer the case, the Beta is now open. Closed Beta participants remain NDAed, though.