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As SpaceX invites US users to buy the new Starlink Mini dish for $599, the company has also begun selling the hardware in Latin America — but at a third of the same price. The company has updated the official Starlink.com site to mention selling the Mini dish to customers in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. And in these markets, SpaceX is only charging interested consumers $200 to own the Mini dish. In addition, subscribers in these countries only need to pay an internet fee of $35 per month to receive broadband over the smaller dish model.
(Starlink.com)
“Starlink ‘Mini’ Service is a more affordable service plan that is designed for Personal, Family, or Household-use at a fixed, land-based location in select markets,” the company wrote in a support page entry. “It can be used only with the Starlink Mini Kit. Users will have an unlimited amount of deprioritized data each month with no long-term contracts or commitments.”The resulting internet service promises to deliver download rates between 50 to 100 Mbps to Mini dish users. That’s a step down from the 150 to 250 Mbps download speeds that users can receive with a standard Starlink dish. However, the lower costs and still adequate internet speeds could appeal to users on a budget, especially if they live in a rural or remote area with limited broadband options.
(Starlink.com)
The details give a glimpse at how SpaceX could price the Mini dish model in the US once it expands the sales. Company CEO Elon Musk previously said the product would arrive for “about half the price” of the standard V4 Starlink dish, which currently costs $499, following a recent $100 price cut. But for now, SpaceX is only inviting a small group of US customers to try the dish. Users interested in the offer have to pay $599 to own the Mini dish, and $30 per month to receive internet over the device.
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“Our goal is to reduce the price of Starlink, especially for those around the world where connectivity has been unaffordable or completely unavailable,” the company explained in a support page listing. “In regions with high usage, like the US, where Starlink Mini places additional demand on the satellite network, we are offering a limited number of the Starlink Mini Kits to start at a higher price point.”The statement suggests SpaceX might lower the Mini dish’s price in the US once it ramps up manufacturing and improves network capacity. But for now, the company is mainly using the Mini dish as a way to increase subscribers in countries where Starlink has room to grow. Last month, Musk reported Starlink reaching 3 million users globally.
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