lol. Starlink is very popular for general aviation. Today, they announced they were lowering the max speeds for their “roam” plans to 100 mph/87 kts/161 km/h, and added a new $250/mo “aviation” plan that caps you at 20gb/mo. (There’s also a second aviation plan meant for those in jets, for $1000/mo). The current “roam” plan is $50/mo for a 100gb/mo limit, or $165/mo for unlimited data.
This will affect basically everyone flying anything faster than a piper cub (cruise speed 75 mph/65 kts/121 km/h). And even then, with a strong-enough tailwind, it’ll affect people in cubs.
So, obviously, the general aviation influencers are pissed about this. I have a few friends who will balk at this because this is a 5x price increase, for 1/5 the data cap.
I’m team “fuck starlink” because I like looking at and taking photos of the stars. Also the whole “Elon is a nazi” thing, but even if Elon wasn’t in the picture, I’d still be anti-starlink.
Still, this is pretty funny because it’ll basically kill the starlink-for-aviation market.
Edit: The folks at avbrief have covered this a bit better. There was a "local priority" tier that offered 50GB for $65/mo, making this new plan only ~9.6x lower value instead 25x lower value, but most people could still get away with the previous "roam" plan. https://avbrief.com/starlinks-restructured-pricing-disappoints/