Starlink changes

[lustyd]

Anyone with or considering Starlink might be interested that the service terms and packages have just changed.

Roam is now seemingly a single product, either 50GB for £50 or unlimited for £96/month. If you're away from your "service address" for over 2 months on a trip they will cut you off or you need to change your service address (easily in the website by the look of it). Use in motion, in coastal waters (up to 12NM) and international travel are all included.
Service addresses and all usage must be within Starlink "available" regions on their map, any use outside of this and you're cut off.

Use offshore is no longer possible with roam, instead you need to swap to a mobile priority plan (starting at £249/month for 50GB) but this can be for a single month while on passage.
Use in non-approved regions seems to be allowed using a mobile roam plan


These seem to be good changes and clear up a lot of the uncertainty we've been seeing recently with people being cut off. It might result in some paying a little more, but at it should be easier to understand and manage going forwards.

 

[Sandy]

No wonder Mr X is so wealthy.

 

[lustyd]

No wonder Mr X is so wealthy.

Because he creates great stuff nobody else did? I agree, creating from the ground up a company that makes electric cars in a world where they aren't a thing is good. Creating from the ground up a company that manufactures rockets and can launch things into space is better. Launching one of your own cars into space using your own rocket is amazing, but launching a fleet of satelites which provide broadband to every part of the surface of the earth for a fee only just more than home broadband (but in most cases, is faster than the home broadband) is just legendary.

He's an arse, but his wealth is deserved and his achievements are amazing. If only we could shut him up...

 

[Hacker]

He didn’t create Tesla, he bought it out from the guys that set it up.

 

[stranded]

Because he creates great stuff nobody else did? I agree, creating from the ground up a company that makes electric cars in a world where they aren't a thing is good. Creating from the ground up a company that manufactures rockets and can launch things into space is better. Launching one of your own cars into space using your own rocket is amazing, but launching a fleet of satelites which provide broadband to every part of the surface of the earth for a fee only just more than home broadband (but in most cases, is faster than the home broadband) is just legendary.

He's an arse, but his wealth is deserved and his achievements are amazing. If only we could shut him up...

Reluctantly, because I detest him as a person, and actually fear what he might do with his wealth and power, I have to agree with all that - Starlink in particular.

 

[lustyd]

He didn’t create Tesla, he bought it out from the guys that set it up.

Offering VC funding in series A when a company is 6 months old is very different to buying it out.

 

[Hacker]

It was a colloquial expression!

 

[[199490]]

Same changes but cheaper in France. Starlink | Itinérance

Looking at going with this if reception is poor on canals south of Paris (which Im told it is)

 

[Trident]

Having used Starlink for 3 years now this is a bit of a pain with the Ocean pay as a you go deleted but then really only needed for the Atlantic or Pacific and thus for passage months only.

I can't stand Musk and vowed never to buy his stuff as he's in the Monkey torture business but frankly Starlink was so game changing that my morals had to take a back seat - for casual users it's not such a big deal but for those of use sailing and living aboard for months or years at a time its completely game changing.

 

[lustyd]

Same changes but cheaper in France. Starlink | Itinérance

Looking at going with this if reception is poor on canals south of Paris (which Im told it is)

Yes in France the government mandates the price. Partly why the two month rule is needed.

 

[Lodestone]

We have Starlink at home simply because Openreach were a nightmare. My main concern is that as the owner might be decribed by some as capricious so might be the service.

I just want things to work, be reliable and not to be mucked about with just because someone's nappy is full.

 

[KevinV]

We have Starlink at home simply because Openreach were a nightmare. My main concern is that as the owner might be decribed by some as capricious so might be the service.

I just want things to work, be reliable and not to be mucked about with just because someone's nappy is full.

And from our experience for about three years now it is reliable. Occasional glitches but frankly no worse than when we had 1.5mbps through the BT copper.
I'm no Musk fanboy but it's a brilliant bit of kit - stick it on a pole, plug it in, 200mbps down 120 up with zero hassle.

 

[Sandy]

And from our experience for about three years now it is reliable. Occasional glitches but frankly no worse than when we had 1.5mbps through the BT copper.
I'm no Musk fanboy but it's a brilliant bit of kit - stick it on a pole, plug it in, 200mbps down 120 up with zero hassle.

I am glad I've never needed that sort of speed.

 

[KevinV]

I am glad I've never needed that sort of speed.

I work mostly from home, and faster internet means WiFi calling, voip phones, cloud back-up, etc. 200mbps is overkill for me in 2024, but who knows what the near future brings? I can remember the upgrade from 56k to 112k seeming wild.

 

[Dogone]

Because he creates great stuff nobody else did? I agree, creating from the ground up a company that makes electric cars in a world where they aren't a thing is good. Creating from the ground up a company that manufactures rockets and can launch things into space is better. Launching one of your own cars into space using your own rocket is amazing, but launching a fleet of satelites which provide broadband to every part of the surface of the earth for a fee only just more than home broadband (but in most cases, is faster than the home broadband) is just legendary.

He's an arse, but his wealth is deserved and his achievements are amazing. If only we could shut him up...

I agree, except for the last sentence. He is a hero and all the more for being outspoken and irreverent. He’s a defender of free speech, our most vulnerable freedom, so no, let’s be grateful that he doesn’t shut up.

 

[Seven Spades]

I can't help thinking of him as the head as SPECTRE, his life is like that of a James Bond character. However he is going to stay the richest man on the planet Starlink alone is going to keep him in that position. Some governments are pushing back, like Brazil but I think his next move will be as a global mobile phone provider.

 

[KevinV]

I can't help thinking of him as the head as SPECTRE, his life is like that of a James Bond character. However he is going to stay the richest man on the planet Starlink alone is going to keep him in that position. Some governments are pushing back, like Brazil but I think his next move will be as a global mobile phone provider.

Makes sense - smart sat phones for all

 

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[lektran]

We've just crossed Biscay from Falmouth and it was useful to have offshore, the data we used on mobile priority came to an additional £8 on the monthly bill, a total bargain for the utility of it. I see the monthly price is increasing to £96 from £85 and some people are saying the ability to opt-in to priority data might go away. Now that we're in the EU and won't be too remote or offshore for at least 6 months we'll probably pause service and use a local sim for data and wait to see how things shake out with the changes.

 

[Beneteau381]

No wonder Mr X is so wealthy.

That’s a bit silly, how much do you reckon a launch costs, how much per satellite?