Cheapest Starlink questions, answered with dates

For a home, Residential 100 Mbps: $49.50/mo on Starlink’s no-address US price list for Nov 4, 2026 (the Oct 29, 2026 list: $44 or $49.50). Only some areas get it; Residential Max ($143/mo on the same list) is sold everywhere. For travel, Roam 100GB is $55/mo in every state; all six plans, ranked.

On Starlink’s US national list for Nov 4, 2026, the bottom rung was Residential 100 Mbps ($49.50/mo), then Roam 100GB ($55/mo); 200 Mbps was $76.50/mo, Roam 300GB $80/mo, Max $143/mo and Roam Unlimited $175/mo. Home prices vary by address and appear on starlink.com once you type yours; Roam prices are national. Every level seen, dated.

Not as a fixed price. Residential 100 Mbps was $49.50/mo on the national list Starlink showed for Nov 4, 2026, and a $44 level appeared on Oct 29, 2026; the address decides which one you see, if the plan is offered there at all. The cheapest plan, dated.

Home prices are now tied to the address: on Oct 29, 2026 the national list carried Residential Max at $104, $117, $143 or $156 a month. Starlink’s own advice for finding your price is to type your address on starlink.com and press “Order Now”. What changed, and when.

Yes. Residential, Roam and Standby prices rose $5–$10 a month in May 2026 (existing customers from June 18), per 5Gstore. Notebookcheck reported that existing customers were emailed and that the new prices take effect on bills from Nov 30, 2026; the dated log has every change.

For travel, the Starlink Mini at $149 on starlink.com (Nov 4, 2026). For a home, rental activation runs $0, $99 or $199 by address, and a Standard or V5 kit costs $349 to buy. Every kit route, ranked.

On day one, a $0 rental activation beats $349 to buy. Two things can change that: a monthly rental fee, which would appear at checkout, and the return rule (rental hardware has to reach Starlink in good shape no more than 30 days after you cancel, or you pay the kit’s full retail price). The address usually decides which route you get. The 1-, 2- and 3-year math.

At some addresses: the rental activation can be $0, and the Starlink V5 rental shows a $349 list price that is adjusted down to $0 (Nov 4, 2026). Both are rentals you hand back, not kits you own. What “$0 hardware” really means.

Roam 100GB at $55/mo: Starlink aims it at occasional trips and camping, sized at roughly a week of typical use, with unlimited slow data afterward. With the $149 Mini kit, year one comes to $809 (our math). Cheapest Mini plan.

Yes: a starlink.com purchase can be returned undamaged up to 30 days past the Payment Due Date, and the refund covers the first month’s fee as well. A kit from a retailer is returned to that retailer, under that store’s policy. Kit routes compared.

$100 in the US, as account credit unless you choose otherwise, which Starlink subtracts from the next invoice, once your service has run for two months, if you qualify. Where Starlink offers it, you can take cash instead. Where it lands in year one.

No. The kit and the first bill are paid in full, the credit comes on a later invoice, and we read Starlink’s credit rules as covering monthly service charges only, not one-time fees. Roam 100GB with a Mini is $809 for year one, or $709 if the credit posts (our math, Nov 4, 2026 prices). Year one, plan by plan.

First-time customers only: you’ve never held a Starlink subscription, now or in the past. The dish has to serve a US address (a state or DC), the plan, Roam or Residential, is ordered on starlink.com and never at a store, and service runs paid for two full billing cycles in a row. The full conditions.

No. Starlink says an order placed without the link, through a different person’s link, or at a retail store never shows the referral, and Starlink won’t attach it afterward. Only open the link once you’ve picked a plan, stay in the tab it opens, and check that the order page reads “Referral Code Applied” before paying.

Not nationally. Starlink’s no-address US price list showed no promotional price on Nov 4, 2026, and checkout has nowhere to type a code. Starlink’s help center says location and account type can change which Residential plans, prices and promotions a household sees, so an individual address can still see an area offer on its order page. Also, Starlink’s Special Offers and US order lists showed us no military, veteran, student or senior pricing.

No. The “50% off … Offer ends November 28” banner in starlink.com’s holiday code is set to appear only in Japan and South Korea, and no half-price item sits on the US order lists (checked Nov 3, 2026).

Compare first-year totals, not kit prices. Starlink’s retailer page names 16 US chains that stock its kits, Walmart and Amazon among them, and a kit from any of them earns no referral reward. On starlink.com, a $149 Mini plus 12 months of Roam 100GB is $809 for year one, or $709 if the referral credit posts (it pays Roam bills, not the kit). A store Mini on the same plan is its shelf price plus $660 of Roam, with no credit (our math, Nov 4, 2026 prices).