> There is some corresponding good news for people in areas with more Starlink capacity. Starlink “regional savings,” introduced a few months ago, provides a $100 service credit in parts of the US “where Starlink has abundant network availability.” The credit is $200 in parts of Canada with abundant network availability.
People with abundant network availability have options, and therefore aren’t choosing an expensive one like Starlink.
efequalma on
Pay $100 for the privilege of waiting in line for slower internet. Sweet.
arghabargle on
Y’know, my router has a setting called “airtime fairness” that deals with congestion on the local network. Maybe Starlink should activate that setting on the satellites instead? /s
LadyMoonlightEssence on
I liked Starlink, but this charge is making me reconsider.
csonka on
Glad I cancelled mine. I was an early adopter and was fine with the prices and service when it first launched. Now… Starlink pricing practices are a complete joke.
wildgirl202 on
Odds on those “congested areas” are the more liberal states?
nemesit on
hope eu regulates that company hard random 20% price increases are ridiculous
PadreSJ on
Oh… anyways.
TheRealTK421 on
I wouldn’t use SL if it were *the last ISP* on the planet **and** I was being paid to use it.
resumethrowaway222 on
Breaking news! Company responds to higher demand by raising pries. More at 11.
DMC0420 on
Oh ok so Trump needs more legal fees covered and this is a way to siphon for him. Elon needs to be shut down.
ogie666 on
I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.
milquetoast_wheatley on
Lol. What the hell is this internet uber?
Allaroundlost on
So company is looking at a L. Big Brains in the Leadership thinks, “lets screw over the people using our product”. We need new laws.
jerryonthecurb on
A primarily U.S. tax payer funded, unregulated monopoly proceeds to fleece Americans. Classic.
AggravatingIssue7020 on
Instead of scaling up their unscalable crap service, they charge congestion markup…
Do you remember the last time your run off the mill ISP did this? That’s right, neither do I.
Jester471 on
They should introduce a pay by the GB/TB option.
You can turn it on and off based on the billing cycle but some users are full time and some are infrequent. If you had a pay by a block of data option I think you’d get more users and they won’t stress the system as much.
Evernight2025 on
So glad Starlink isn’t my only option.
dudreddit on
You buried your head in the sand. You knew it was coming. It was too good to be true …
bammbamkam on
Looking at felon mush gave me a congestion
NotMilitaryAI on
Data caps, congestion charges, etc. are absolute bullshit. If the ISP is unable to handle the traffic, that is ***their*** fault for lack of sufficient infrastructure, not the user’s fault for utilizing it. The only reasonable actions are: Pay to increase infrastructure refund the user failing to provide sufficient bandwidth.
Lost_Minds_Think on
At Bat: “Congestion Charge”
On Deck: Log-on Charge
In the Hole: Micro Transactions
CherCher65 on
Time to cancel service
trytoholdon on
It’s amazing how quickly people come to feel entitled to something that didn’t exist 5 years ago and cost someone else billions of dollars to build.
GreyMASTA on
Why would you subscribe or buy anything Elon touches?
windowtosh on
Doing what Kathy Hochul refuses to do
AZ_Crush on
Congestion like all the starlink satellites we now have
petra303 on
It’s Huges/DirectPc satellite internet all over again!
Difficult-Nobody-453 on
So glad we got fiber and ditched Starlink. It worked well but at 120 bucks a month it should have been excellent. Can’t wait for true competition in the area especially for those who have no hope of ever getting fiber
PronglesDude on
How will they handle mobile starlink setups? My Dad is talking about getting it for his RV. I imagine he would get the cheaper rate at his address where there are many highspeed broadband options.
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> There is some corresponding good news for people in areas with more Starlink capacity. Starlink “regional savings,” introduced a few months ago, provides a $100 service credit in parts of the US “where Starlink has abundant network availability.” The credit is $200 in parts of Canada with abundant network availability.
People with abundant network availability have options, and therefore aren’t choosing an expensive one like Starlink.
Pay $100 for the privilege of waiting in line for slower internet. Sweet.
Y’know, my router has a setting called “airtime fairness” that deals with congestion on the local network. Maybe Starlink should activate that setting on the satellites instead? /s
I liked Starlink, but this charge is making me reconsider.
Glad I cancelled mine. I was an early adopter and was fine with the prices and service when it first launched. Now… Starlink pricing practices are a complete joke.
Odds on those “congested areas” are the more liberal states?
hope eu regulates that company hard random 20% price increases are ridiculous
Oh… anyways.
I wouldn’t use SL if it were *the last ISP* on the planet **and** I was being paid to use it.
Breaking news! Company responds to higher demand by raising pries. More at 11.
Oh ok so Trump needs more legal fees covered and this is a way to siphon for him. Elon needs to be shut down.
I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.
Lol. What the hell is this internet uber?
So company is looking at a L. Big Brains in the Leadership thinks, “lets screw over the people using our product”. We need new laws.
A primarily U.S. tax payer funded, unregulated monopoly proceeds to fleece Americans. Classic.
Instead of scaling up their unscalable crap service, they charge congestion markup…
Do you remember the last time your run off the mill ISP did this? That’s right, neither do I.
They should introduce a pay by the GB/TB option.
You can turn it on and off based on the billing cycle but some users are full time and some are infrequent. If you had a pay by a block of data option I think you’d get more users and they won’t stress the system as much.
So glad Starlink isn’t my only option.
You buried your head in the sand. You knew it was coming. It was too good to be true …
Looking at felon mush gave me a congestion
Data caps, congestion charges, etc. are absolute bullshit. If the ISP is unable to handle the traffic, that is ***their*** fault for lack of sufficient infrastructure, not the user’s fault for utilizing it. The only reasonable actions are: Pay to increase infrastructure refund the user failing to provide sufficient bandwidth.
At Bat: “Congestion Charge”
On Deck: Log-on Charge
In the Hole: Micro Transactions
Time to cancel service
It’s amazing how quickly people come to feel entitled to something that didn’t exist 5 years ago and cost someone else billions of dollars to build.
Why would you subscribe or buy anything Elon touches?
Doing what Kathy Hochul refuses to do
Congestion like all the starlink satellites we now have
It’s Huges/DirectPc satellite internet all over again!
So glad we got fiber and ditched Starlink. It worked well but at 120 bucks a month it should have been excellent. Can’t wait for true competition in the area especially for those who have no hope of ever getting fiber
How will they handle mobile starlink setups? My Dad is talking about getting it for his RV. I imagine he would get the cheaper rate at his address where there are many highspeed broadband options.