The Starlink Mini Kit used to be way more expensive than the Standard dish at launch. These times are now back, after Starlink increased the Mini dish price and introduced a Standard kit promo.
SpaceX barely waited for the free Starlink dish promo to expire and immediately introduced a new discount that makes the Standard Kit 80% cheaper than the Starlink Mini dish.
The standard Starlink dish is now just $99 with an annual subscription for a $120/month Residential or an $80 Residential Lite satellite Internet plan in areas where the promo is available.
In contrast, the Mini Kit that is now discounted on Amazon, has reverted to its previous high pricing over at Starlink. The Mini dish spent a few months priced lower than the Standard Kit, but such is demand for it, that SpaceX has now ended the promo, all the while it cut the standard dish pricing by $250 in certain areas of the US.
Said areas coincide with states and regions where it doesn’t charge outrageous congestion fees, which could amount to a grand over the Starlink Standard Kit price. Future Starlink subscribers in parts of the Northwest, for instance, not only have to pay the full $349 price for the dish plus the respective taxes, as well as shipping and handling, but also a $1,000 surcharge. To further discourage new subscriptions in congested areas, Starlink now makes new customers wait for up to six weeks after clicking the buy button before it delivers their satellite Internet kits, too.
The opposite is true for vast areas in the middle of the US, where subscription numbers are manageable. While not giving dishes away for free there with a 12-month subscription like during its previous promo, Starlink is now offering a new deal that brings the price of the Standard Kit down to $99 with an annual Residential plan subscription.
Daniel Zlatev – Senior Tech Writer – 1806 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2021
Wooed by tech since the industrial espionage of Apple computers and the times of pixelized Nintendos, Daniel went and opened a gaming club when personal computers and consoles were still an expensive rarity. Nowadays, fascination is not with specs and speed but rather the lifestyle that computers in our pocket, house, and car have shoehorned us in, from the infinite scroll and the privacy hazards to authenticating every bit and move of our existence.
Daniel Zlatev, 2025-07-24 (Update: 2025-07-24)