At $229 I'm seriously considering buying a second dish. Our primary use case is mobile internet on long road trips/Jeeping excursions. Having one on each of our two Jeeps may be worth it.

kyledr04 said:

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I love mine. I keep it on the $10 10gig plan and pull it out as needed. Then on trips upgrade.

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Not an option to move back to the $10 plan if you change plans. $5 standby or $50 a month plan are it

The have a new residential plan that is $40 a month with unlimited data but is restricted to 100mbs per second speed

The mini has a $5,$50 and $160 plan

RockwallAg said:

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kyledr04 said:

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I love mine. I keep it on the $10 10gig plan and pull it out as needed. Then on trips upgrade.

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Not an option to move back to the $10 plan if you change plans. $5 standby or $50 a month plan are it

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I forgot they screwed around with the plans. I haven't changed it lately.

Will y'all please educate me on this? I am as tech illiterate as they get, so explain like I'm a five year old. For the home setup, is this something that I would buy online and set up myself or is this something that various companies set up? For the home setup, I'm assuming you purchase the hardware online and then the monthly fee? This would be for my elderly mother's rural home. I do understand that it isn't the mini that she would need so please accept my apologies for the slight derail.

Marlin39m said:

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Will y'all please educate me on this? I am as tech illiterate as they get, so explain like I'm a five year old. For the home setup, is this something that I would buy online and set up myself or is this something that various companies set up? For the home setup, I'm assuming you purchase the hardware online and then the monthly fee? This would be for my elderly mother's rural home. I do understand that it isn't the mini that she would need so please accept my apologies for the slight derail.

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You install. Yes to all other questions.

Go online and do some quick research.

I have the mini and love it. take it all over teh place with bad service. throw it on the dash and you are good to go.

Same here. I received our free one yesterday. Can't wait to try it.

I got mine on sale for $399 in July and have loved it. Wife and I went to South Padre Island last weekend and I took it with us. We drove 20 miles up the beach and lost cell service. I put the mini in the dash and it connected. We stopped and sat with our feet in the water and read books, had the mini in the bed of the truck plugged into a battery pack and it ran fine, we didn't use it but it was a nice peace of mind knowing we could make a call if needed. Headed to the lease this afternoon and will use it to watch the Aggie game tomorrow morning.

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I have had a residential plan for over a year. Starlink is in the process of sending me a mini for free. Will be charged $5 a month. I will be able to activate to other plans when I want (turn off/on). I plan to set up in my rv

My brother offered the same.

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Got this deal also. We ordered it end of last week as soon as we got the promo email about it.

I also added the free mini (well $5/mo) but seemed worth it.

I can't figure out where the $40 a month plan works. I've put in a few different addresses, and none of those work, so I guess it really doesn't matter, but I'm still curious as to the applicable areas. Also curious if it's some kind of government program that kicks in or something else.

This is using a CenTex address

In Houston they only offer me the $120 plan.
At $80 I'd be in

The mini has $5, $50 and $120 plans

WheelinAg said:

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I can't figure out where the $40 a month plan works. I've put in a few different addresses, and none of those work, so I guess it really doesn't matter, but I'm still curious as to the applicable areas. Also curious if it's some kind of government program that kicks in or something else.

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Here's a service area map for the $40 plan. It's available where the system has excess available bandwidth, but you'll be the first to have your service throttled as use increases. You can always upgrade your plan as Starlink doesn't do contracts in most cases.

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— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) November 12, 2025

Ennis Texas appears to be on the side of the line that does not offer.

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kyledr04 said:

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I love mine. I keep it on the $10 10gig plan and pull it out as needed. Then on trips upgrade.

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Not an option to move back to the $10 plan if you change plans. $5 standby or $50 a month plan are it

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Is it pretty easy to switch? Our use case would be for camping trips but we don't go super frequently

Super easy to switch. Just login and choose the plan you want. Switch back when done. I believe it prorates

kyledr04 said:

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I love mine. I keep it on the $10 10gig plan and pull it out as needed. Then on trips upgrade.

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so zero issues streaming YouTube TV and similar apps? I'm assuming you connect TV to starlink WiFi to enable any of your enrolled Tv apps

Their website shows the standard at 279 and the mini at 229. What is the advantage of the standard's dish/array if you are comparing a 50MB plan? It's twice as large, does it get better connectivity or something?

dr_boogs said:

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Their website shows the standard at 279 and the mini at 229. What is the advantage of the standard's dish/array if you are comparing a 50MB plan? It's twice as large, does it get better connectivity or something?

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Standard is triband and mini is dual band.

Explain what that means like I'm 5 please.

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AgDad121619 said:

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kyledr04 said:

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I love mine. I keep it on the $10 10gig plan and pull it out as needed. Then on trips upgrade.

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so zero issues streaming YouTube TV and similar apps? I'm assuming you connect TV to starlink WiFi to enable any of your enrolled Tv apps

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Yes the STARLINK mini outputs its own WiFi signal and it has zero issues running regular streaming or apps. I have had multiple kids streaming different things without issue.

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What about zoom, etc.?

Just for reference I have the Roam at the lease. 2 long weekends of streaming football and other shows we used 255gb of data. You will blow through 50gb in no time. Go unlimited and split the cost amongst your guys then lower your plan when you won't be using it.

Is 100MBPS enough for streaming? We typically onle have 1 tv going at a time at our beach house and would be awesome to be connected when i run down to Baffin

Yes. Most streaming is 20kbps or less required.