Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases - Ars Technica
2026-06-10 05:26 UTC
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@slugger@sopuli.xyz 2026-06-10 05:46
I’m shocked /s
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@gankouskhan@piefed.zip 2026-06-10 06:19
And they will drop the extra charge after you’ve paid it off right…. right guys?
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@Vanth@reddthat.com 2026-06-10 12:14
My dad just switched to Starlink. I advised he watch his bill closely because Musk is going to start playing money games any day. He blew me off, confident they would operate like most other cable companies and keep his prices set for 2-3 years even without a specific contract lock. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya’. Also, double fuck you to Musk. My parents are rural and this is far and away the best service they’re able to get. Instead of paying around what the others charge plus a little more because they are better, my folks are going to get taken to the cleaners.
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@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2026-06-11 03:49
I got a mini dish for emergencies as I live in an area where natural disasters can occur. My plan was to just keep it around just in case in a paused state and on occasional trips, or in case of emergencies id have it. Then they stopped letting you pause it and charged $7.50 CAD/m to keep it in standby, but it came with unlimited low speed, but enough to do emails or browse websites. Kinda shitty but okay, having data always working wasnt terrible for the $7.50, and could even toss it in car for road trips where there’s bad internet for music streaming. Then a couple weeks ago, they emailed saying its going to $15/m and it would no longer work while in motion. Fuck that. I canceled. Its definitely to juice the IPO revenue numbers.
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@MrSulu@lemmy.ml 2026-06-11 07:18
For some, Starlink will literally be dropping through their roofs soon.