Starlink Offers $50, 50GB Plan to All

Customers who don’t own a Roam 50GB also got an email from Starlink Wednesday. They learned that they had become eligible for the 50GB Roam plan. As far as we can tell, the plan will operate similarly despite the equipment you use. Benefits include:

• 50GB of monthly data, with additional data available by the gigabit
• Functionality in motion, up to 100 mph
• Funcationaly in coastal areas, up to 12 nautical miles offshore
• The option to pause the service plan as needed, with pro-rated monthly charges

Before the change, standard receivers could not be used in motion and plans could not be paused. Even though that has changed, Starlink warns its standard (actuated) dishes are not designed for in-motion use and says customers who use them while in motion do so at their own risk.

The biggest difference between the new Roam plan and the residential plan is data. If you pay $120 per month for a residential plan, you get unlimited standard data. With the $50 version, you get only 50GB.

For most customers, our experts recommend 700GB of monthly internet data and 10GB of mobile phone data. A plan with 50GB might work well for a few weekends a month or for use as emergency backup internet, but it’s not enough to meet the needs of most households full-time.

In some areas, Starlink is adding a one-time fee of $100 for new customers. The company says it plans to “no longer charge this fee to new customers as soon as network capacity improves” and reminds customers it has 30 days to return equipment for a full refund.