(Credit: Starlink.com)
SpaceX is bringing its free Starlink dish offer to the US, but only in select states.
The company updated Starlink.com to offer the deal for customers looking to subscribe to the Starlink residential plan. Its dishes typically cost $349, but this deal brings that down to zero, as long as the customer commits to a one-year contract with a plan that's usually $120 per month.
(Credit: Starlink.com)The discount isn’t available to every US customer. A company support document shows it’s only being offered in states where SpaceX appears to have excess network capacity for the satellite internet service. Elsewhere in the US, including several major cities, Starlink’s residential plan is waitlisted, or customers need to pay a “congestion charge” to join.
(Credit: Starlink.com)Still, this is the lowest price yet for Starlink in the US. The company began offering the "$0 Starlink Kit" deal in Italy and Australia earlier this month before expanding to Canada, where Starlink faces boycotts amid a trade war with the US. It looks like the free dish offer is also live in the UK.
On X, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk added: "Starlink is trying out a service plan commitment in exchange for $0 down in some markets. We’ll see how it goes."
SpaceX has offered various discounts to drive domestic growth, including an $80-per-month "residential lite" plan. However, that too is only available in certain US states.
If you buy the "$0 Starlink Kit" deal, SpaceX says you're required to use the Starlink dish at a single service address through a residential plan. If you change your service address, cancel the plan, or try to transfer the dish to another user, SpaceX can demand the full hardware fee.