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75% off Starlink hardware (for rural Australia)
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Halcyon:
Today Starlink announced their hardware for AUD$199 instead of the usual $599 (already reduced from $924) if you live in rural Australia. What constitutes "rural" is not known, but I'm 45 minutes from a major city and qualify for the discount.

I haven't read the full terms and conditions but it might be useful for those stuck on a crappy connection and have put off ordering Starlink due to the high initial cost of hardware.

Punch your address into starlink.com to see if you qualify.
TheSteve:
The hardware was reduced to half price in Canada a while back - either they are clearing out the old hardware or a desperate for more customers. Or perhaps both.
tom66:
The hardware is probably a loss leader at $200 and barely if at all profitable at $600... it looks expensive:
https://hackaday.com/2020/11/25/literally-tearing-apart-a-spacex-starlink-antenna/

But if they can get you subscribing on the monthly rate and fill in otherwise underutilised satellites, then it's a winner for SpaceX.
antenna:
I've had starlink for quite a while now and I really like it.

I do not believe they are struggling for customers or money.  I live in what most would call the middle of nowhere and three years ago starlink put up a ground station on the property of a local (25 miles away) landline/DSL/cable provider next to their old phone line shack.  I think they are securing contracts to serve as links between other massive providers for either speed or redundancy purposes. I am sure they have government contracts as well, because this could be used to patch across a damaged fiber bundle that would otherwise keep millions offline for days or even weeks.

My bill recently went from $110 to $90USD (thats $164.23 to $134.47 AUD) because this is not a high-demand area.  A company hurting for money doesn't give discounts to happy customers that have never complained, but now I am curious...  My dish cost $600USD ($895.80 AUD), and thats the original round dish.  What do you guys pay per month in Australia?  If Elon is giving away free dishes over there, I can't imagine the deal you get on a monthly rate!  Maybe I don't need to know, I'd like to remain happy lol
tom66:
Looks like they've got 33% off for the UK too, I'd hardly call the country rural... but £75/mo is about 2x the cost of my 500Mbit/s FTTP so I won't be taking them up on their offer any time soon. (Still, could be really good if you live in Scottish Highlands or other rural areas where the fibre broadband fairy hasn't visited yet.)
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