The Ultimate Guide To Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet: Availability, Costs, Speed

Starlink is an internet service provided by an American Aerospace company SpaceX. Starlink Internet is available in more than 99 countries around the globe. In 2019 SpaceX sent its first satellite into space. Starlink Premium is leading the broadband services with high speed in the US but is offering its services at a high price. We are here with every detail starting from the availability to the speed of Starlink.

Availability of Starlink

For now, Starlink is offering its internet services to only selective countries and regions. However, Elon Musk is thinking about expanding internet services around the globe soon.

Currently, Starlink offers its internet services to countries like the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Portugal. Soon Starlink will provide its internet facilities to countries including Poland, Spain, Italy, and Chile according to its pre-order agreement.

Costs of Starlink

Currently, the pre-order cost of Starlink for each month is $99. But to start the Starlink internet services one has to pay the upfront fee of $499 which includes a small satellite dish, a power supply, and a router. $50 is also to be paid as shipping charges.

Standard services of Starlink internet services monthly cost $120 for speeds ranging from 24 to 220 Mbps. Starlink also offers business plans with three alternatives: priority 40GB for $140 per month, Priority 1TB for $250 per month, and Priority 2TB for $500 per month. If you want to opt for on-the-move Starlink internet services also the company has Land Mobility Packages which offers speeds from 24 to 220 Mbps. The cost of 50GB Mobile Priority is $250 per month, Mobile Priority 1TB Costs $1000 per month and Mobile Priority 5T costs $5000 per month.

Speed

The speed of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service offers speed according to the chosen plan. The users of Starlink have stated that they have experienced download speeds ranging from 25 to 220 Mbps where the upload speed is between 5 and 20 Mbps. The technology of Starlink utilises low earth orbit satellites which provide a low level of latency which makes this internet service suitable for activities like video calling and online gaming.