Starlink is very much like surge pricing. I bet they want to push that
way as much as competition will allow. They will probably be the first
provider that goes to a monthly variable rate for the mobile service
because they can track that. They also do "fantasy" numbers on their
speeds and latencys. Do a speed test on their app and then do it to
cloudflare and the differences are vast. When you buy or rent their
equipment they never say that you are getting new.
On 12/19/25 8:44 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Sounds like Uber surge pricing.
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On 12/19/2025 7:17 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
That’s the thing, it’s location dependent. And not in the sense of
we only have enough capacity in your area for Lite service. More
like we don’t have excess capacity in your area so we aren’t going to
try too hard to get your business.
Checking right now for my home address (Chicago suburbs), I see the
$40 service is not being offered, it was a couple weeks ago. But it
says I can get deprioritized 250 Mbps Residential Lite for $80/mo or
400+ Mbps Residential for $120/mo. Both say $0 hardware cost, but
$21.65 due today which I’m guessing is maybe shipping?
It says if you cancel you have to return the rented equipment. It
used to say a 12 month contract was required to get the $0 hardware.
Starlink prices and speeds are like airline tickets or market price
lobster, it varies depending on location and what day you check.
Service plans are explained here:
https://starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1728-44881-79?regionCode=US
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2025 10:03 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] $40 Starlink tier already gone
At that price one would hope...but it's location dependent.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM Steve Jones
<[email protected]> wrote:
doesnt the 120 a month customer get free equipment now though?
On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM Josh Luthman
<[email protected]> wrote:
Because their $120/mo customers turned into $40/mo customers.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM Nate Burke
<[email protected]> wrote:
Had to drive up sales before the end of the quarter, and
met the quota?
On 12/18/2025 11:18 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Not my imagination.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-quietly-removes-40-per-month-starlink-plan-in-the-us
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