(Credit: Starlink.com)
Starlink is reducing the price of its Starlink Mini dish to $165, but the cheaper version is currently only available outside the US, where the Mini dish still costs $599.
Starlink.com displays the discount for users in countries such as Jamaica, Panama, and El Salvador, where the Mini dish originally sold for $200.
In a support document, SpaceX says: "In select markets in Africa, Latin America, & Oceania, new orders for Starlink Mini are eligible for a one-time discount in areas where Starlink has abundant network availability."
(Credit: Starlink.com)The discount suggests SpaceX has enough supply to lower Mini dish prices elsewhere, but it has thus far refrained from dropping the price in the US.
Although some consumers are hoping for a Black Friday Mini dish sale, SpaceX decided to sell the product for $599 precisely to prevent a surge in US sales, which could further strain the Starlink network, according to a company support document.
It also appears that Starlink's network capacity in the US is under strain once again. Over the weekend, SpaceX revived the waitlist for its satellite internet system in several major cities in the Western US, including Seattle, Sacramento, and San Diego.
The company didn't respond to a request for comment about capacity constraints, which can lower broadband quality. But last Friday, SpaceX's president said Starlink is close to crossing the 5 million user threshold, up from 4 million at the end of September.