Starlink Standard Receivers Go On Sale for $149

Starlink is dropping prices for its standard receiver kit all the way down to $149, but you can get the deal only if you live in certain areas. If you’re especially lucky, geographically speaking, you could also get a discounted service plan starting at $80 per month.

In other places, the price for a standard receiver kit is now $349, and you might be hit with an extra one-time fee of $100.

It’s all about how popular Starlink is in your area. If lots of your neighbors already have it, you’ll pay more (a lot more).

But no matter where you live, you can save $100 on a Starlink Mini kit, with the option to pay either $50 for a plan with limited data or $165 for an all-you-can-eat plan.

Deals on residential equipment expire on March 31.

Equipment discounts and the Residential Lite plan

Would-be customers in some states can enjoy equipment discounts and the option for a Residential Lite plan, which offers unlimited data that’s deprioritized relative to other residential plans. You’ll pay the standard $120 per month if you need the prioritized residential data.

The following states are eligible for the discounted plans and equipment pricing:

Areas with congestion charges and non-discounted pricing

In other states, there are no equipment discounts or discount plans. You may also get hit with a one-time congestion charge of $100. This applies in the following states:

Whether you get a discount or a congestion charge depends on whether many people nearby already have Starlink.

To find out exactly what you can get, enter your address with Starlink .

Areas that have to wait for Starlink access

If you think a $300 price difference is bad, just wait. Some folks can’t get residential plans at all.

Starlink brought back waiting lists for highly congested areas a few months ago. Recently, it added more areas to the waiting list, including eastern Florida, parts of North Carolina, and around Phoenix, Arizona.

The waiting lists reflect Starlink’s growth from 2.2 million customers to more than 4.6 million customers. Even though there are more than 7,000 satellites in low-earth orbit, there are limitations on how many dishes each one can communicate with at a time. Too many, and performance starts to suffer.

Starlink satellites also need to communicate with ground stations that connect to the rest of the internet, and they have bandwidth limitations of their own. According to reporting from Starlink Installation Pros, there are only about 100ground stations in the U.S.

How to bypass the Starlink waiting list

If you live in a waitlist area but can’t wait for Starlink access, sign up for a Roam plan with a Mini receiver dish. You’ll have to choose between the 50GB plan for $50 per month and the Roam Unlimited plan for $165 per month, but you won’t have to wait.

Starlink Mini receivers are on sale for $100 off, bringing the total price down to $499.