Starlink has offered plenty of carrots to entice new customers throughout 2025: a free satellite dish ($349 value), a 33% discount off the monthly price and (potentially) a community deal that lets you share the cost with your neighbors.
Now, Starlink is reducing the cost of its internet plans even further. The Residential plan, which has advertised speeds between 150 and 250Mbps, is down to $99 per month from its original price tag of $120. Residential Lite, which provides download speeds between 40 and 135Mbps, is discounted $15 to $65 per month.
But there’s a big asterisk with all of those deals: They only apply in areas where Starlink has an excess of bandwidth. At my address in Seattle, you’d actually have to pay an extra fee of $1,000 because there’s such high demand in the city.
The areas in which these Starlink discounts are available are the same ones where it had previously offered the free satellite dish. In general these exclude major cities where Starlink is likely experiencing strain on its network caused by too many users.
You can currently get the discounted price in areas shown in white.
One analysis published last month by Penn State University found that Starlink’s satellites can handle just 6.66 households per square mile before service starts to dip below the minimum broadband speeds set by the Federal Communication Commission.
According to CNET’s sister publication PCMag, the discount only lasts for one year. After that, you’ll automatically be switched to the regular price.
“The 12-month promotional period will begin on the activation date of your Starlink kit,” says a Starlink support page. “After the first 12-months of discounted service, service plan pricing will be subject nominal pricing.”
At the same time as it’s discounting its monthly plans, Starlink is also cutting the cost of its satellite dish in half from $349 to $175. This discount is available no matter where you live.
A representative for Starlink did not respond to a request for comment.
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