(Credit: Starlink)
Starlink’s latest effort to attract new US customers involves a $15 discount on residential service.
SpaceX today updated Starlink.com with the deal, but it only applies to new sign-ups for the Residential 100Mbps, 200Mbps, and Max plans in the US and Canada.
- Residential 100Mbps: $35/month (was $50)
- Residential 200Mbps: $65/month (was $80)
- Residential Max: $105/month (was $120)
SpaceX is also offering the Starlink dish hardware for free as a rental, with no up-front cost, a practice it adopted last year.
The new promotion comes several weeks after Starlink added a six-month "service offer" that shaved $11 off the monthly bill for all Residential tiers; that deal expired on March 31. At first glance, this week's deal looks even better, but there’s a catch: The reduced rate only applies to the first four months of service, so customers save $60 versus $66 with the six-month promotion.
(Credit: Starlink.com)Another limitation is that SpaceX is only offering the promotion in areas where Starlink has excess network capacity. In more congested cities such as Austin, Seattle, or Portland, Oregon, you can only subscribe to the Residential Max plan for $120 per month. You might also need to pay a one-time demand surcharge, which can top $500, and pay $349 for a Starlink dish.
The current discount lasts until the end of April. We’ll be curious to see if SpaceX announces a more substantial promotion in May.