People who live at one service address can share one Starlink plan and split the bill however they like. Two separate households on one dish is a question for the terms Starlink sets for US customers, and Starlink’s Community pass program was still a beta with no published US prices on Nov 4, 2026.
The cheaper move is often not sharing at all. At the Nov 4, 2026 prices starlink.com listed with no address entered, half of a Max plan cost each household more than a whole Residential 100 Mbps plan, where that tier is sold (our math).
One household: one plan, split as you like
Roommates, a couple with adult children at home, a family renting out a room: everyone at one service address can use the same Starlink plan. Starlink bills one account, and how you divide that bill is between you.
Starlink’s Residential plan cards list “Unlimited Data” on every home tier, so one person’s streaming doesn’t use up anyone else’s allowance. Roam is different. Roam 100GB gives 100 GB at full speed per billing cycle for the whole plan, then about 500 Kbps, so a shared Roam plan runs out sooner.
Speed is shared too. Starlink’s service plan descriptions say that during network congestion, 100 and 200 Mbps customers are likelier than Residential Max customers to see degraded service and slower speeds, which a full house tends to notice in the evening.
Here is what each person pays when one plan is split evenly (our math, rounded to the cent):
| Plan, Starlink US national list, Nov 4, 2026 | 1 person | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential 100 Mbps, $49.50 (select areas) | $49.50 | $24.75 | $16.50 | $12.38 |
| Residential 200 Mbps, $76.50 (select areas) | $76.50 | $38.25 | $25.50 | $19.13 |
| Residential Max, $143 | $143 | $71.50 | $47.67 | $35.75 |
| Roam 100GB, $55 (100 GB shared) | $55 | $27.50 | $18.33 | $13.75 |
These are service only. The kit is a separate first-year cost, and the address decides whether it’s rented or bought; rent or buy lists the dated routes. Your address also sets the Residential level, and the cheapest plan page shows the full ladder.
Splitting the bill inside one home
An even split is the simplest, but it isn’t the only fair one. A few things are worth agreeing on before the first bill arrives:
- Who pays the kit. The first year carries a one-time cost: a rental activation or a purchase. Decide whether that is split too, and who keeps a bought kit if the household breaks up.
- Which tier. If one person works from home on video calls and the others mostly browse, the extra for a higher tier can fall mainly on the person who needs it. On the Nov 4 list, 200 Mbps cost $27 a month more than 100 Mbps (our math).
- What happens when someone moves out. The plan stays with the account holder. Agree on notice, and on whether the remaining people take over the full bill.
- Whose name is on the account. That person receives the bill and deals with Starlink, so everyone should know who it is.
None of this involves Starlink. It’s a household agreement, and a short written note avoids most arguments later.
Two households on one dish: what to check
Starlink sells its consumer plans per account and prices Residential service per service address: starlink.com won’t show plans or prices until you type an address, and Starlink’s Residential plans article says “Residential plans, pricing, and promotions may vary by location and account type.” A plan bought for one address is priced for that address.
Whether a second household may use it is up to Starlink’s customer terms for the US. Read the resale and sharing wording there before you run a cable or a wireless link to the house next door, and before you charge a neighbor anything for access.
Two practical points hold whatever the terms say:
- One person carries the bill. Starlink bills the account holder. A neighbor who stops paying their share is a private dispute between the two of you.
- A rented dish goes back. Starlink’s returns article says a rented kit has to reach Starlink in good condition no more than 30 days after service is cancelled, or Starlink bills the account for the kit at full retail. If the account holder moves or cancels, the shared setup ends with it.
Starlink Community: the beta for paid passes
Starlink has its own program for sharing a connection beyond one home. Tesla North reported on Oct 1, 2026 that Starlink had opened a Community host program built on passes, and Broadband Breakfast and Drive Tesla Canada (Oct 5, 2026) covered the beta too.
According to Not a Tesla App, passes come in four lengths:
- an hour, a day or a week, each for one device;
- a month, for up to four devices.
As of Nov 4, 2026, the press reports cited here gave no US pass prices and no host share. That makes it impossible to say yet whether buying a pass from a nearby host would cost less than a plan of your own.
What each household would pay on its own
If each home takes its own plan, the cheapest options on Starlink’s Nov 4, 2026 national list run in this order:
- Residential 100 Mbps, $49.50 a month, where it’s sold. The Oct 29 list carried $44 or $49.50, as the monthly price log records.
- Roam 100GB, $55 a month, the same in every state. A travel plan with 100 GB at full speed per cycle, so it suits very light use only.
- Residential 200 Mbps at $76.50 monthly, where it’s sold.
- Residential Max, $143 a month, sold wherever Residential is. The Oct 29 list carried $104, $117, $143 or $156.
The comparison that matters (our math): splitting one Max plan two ways costs each household $71.50 a month. That’s more than either household would pay for its own Residential 100 Mbps plan at $49.50, or its own Roam 100GB plan at $55.
Over a year, for two households together (service only, our math):
| Setup, Starlink US national list, Nov 4, 2026 | Each household, per month | Both households, 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Each on its own Residential 100 Mbps | $49.50 | $1,188 |
| Each on its own Roam 100GB | $55 | $1,320 |
| One Max plan split two ways | $71.50 | $1,716 |
| One Residential 100 Mbps plan split two ways | $24.75 | $594 |
Splitting saves money only when the shared plan is one of the cheaper tiers. One 100 Mbps plan split two ways is $24.75 each, against $49.50 for each household going alone, a $24.75 monthly difference per household. Whether that’s allowed between two households is the terms question above.
For a full first year, add the kit. One household on its own 100 Mbps plan at the Nov 4 level pays $594 in service, plus whatever kit route its address offers (our math). The cheapest-path calculator works out each home’s total from its own needs.
Before you host or join a Community site
Several things weren’t public as of Nov 4, 2026, in the sources cited here:
- what a pass costs in the US, and what share a host keeps;
- which countries and addresses are in the beta;
- what a host agrees to, and how hosting affects the host’s own plan and speed;
- who supports a pass buyer when the connection drops.
Check Starlink’s own page for the program before you sign up as a host or buy a pass, and read the host terms in full. Until US prices appear, the numbers above are the only ones you can plan with.