Starlink Mini brings space internet to backpackers
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#2“In the US, Starlink Mini is an add-on to Residential plans — at least for now. The Mini kit costs $599 which is $100 more than the standard dish, and will cost an extra $30 per month to add the Mini Roam service to existing $120 Residential plans. That gives Starlink Mini users up to 50GB of mobile data each month, with the option to purchase more for $1 per GB…”
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#3Will be very interesting once they roll them out unbundled and with more than 50gb/month of data.
(right now you only get a Starlink Mini if you are an early Starlink customer and it requires an existing residential subscription)
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#4“In the US, Starlink Mini is an add-on to Residential plans — at least for now. The Mini kit costs $599 which is $100 more than the standard dish, and will cost an extra $30 per month to add the Mini Roam service to existing $120 Residential plans. That gives Starlink Mini users up to 50GB of mobile data each month, with the option to purchase more for $1 per GB…”
Last I checked, starlink was $50/month for the residential plan here in the Netherlands... that's quite a large difference.
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#5How that works battery / consumption wise?
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#6How that works battery / consumption wise?
Please read the article. This is covered in detail.
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#7“In the US, Starlink Mini is an add-on to Residential plans — at least for now. The Mini kit costs $599 which is $100 more than the standard dish, and will cost an extra $30 per month to add the Mini Roam service to existing $120 Residential plans. That gives Starlink Mini users up to 50GB of mobile data each month, with the option to purchase more for $1 per GB…”
Last I checked, starlink was $50/month for the residential plan here in the Netherlands... that's quite a large difference.
$120 here in the USA. Which is high for the kind of service it is but if that's your only option then it's within a reasonable range.
It's not unusual for us customers to pay a higher premium for the same service that is sold at a lesser costs around the world. This is for a great many things. This can be due to companies actively using their us customers to subsidize their market share and other places but I don't imagine that's what's at play here. It could be that the government in the Netherlands is offering some sort of subsidy that is allowing the price to be less. Also could be that local competition is necessitating a lower price as well in that area.
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#8“In the US, Starlink Mini is an add-on to Residential plans — at least for now. The Mini kit costs $599 which is $100 more than the standard dish, and will cost an extra $30 per month to add the Mini Roam service to existing $120 Residential plans. That gives Starlink Mini users up to 50GB of mobile data each month, with the option to purchase more for $1 per GB…”
Last I checked, starlink was $50/month for the residential plan here in the Netherlands... that's quite a large difference.
I'm guessing that's because there's some actual competition for home internet in the Netherlands. Unlike the US where many customers are served by (at best) one provider, who therefore has no incentive to provide good service or be good value.
If Starlink achieves reasonable service, for many customers in the US it can get away with charging a lot.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Last I checked, starlink was $50/month for the residential plan here in the Netherlands... that's quite a large difference.
$120 here in the USA. Which is high for the kind of service it is but if that's your only option then it's within a reasonable range. It's not unusual for us customers to pay a higher premium for the same service that is sold at a lesser costs around the world. This is for a great many things. This can be due to companies actively using their us customers to subsidize their market share and other places but I don't i…
>Which is high for the kind of service it is but if that's your only option then it's within a reasonable range.
Relative to what? It's not marketed at population centers. My 10Mbps DSL was 90/mo, bonded I could get 25M down 1.5 up for $140/mo.