Starlink Dishes Are Half Off Nationwide, Monthly Plans Also Discounted

Starlink is once again pulling out all the stops to attract more customers, with a nationwide sale of its satellite internet hardware and a lower monthly fee. Starlink is selling its Standard dish for $175, which is half its regular price of $350. It's among the lowest prices the Standard dish has been on sale, and a rare instance when the sale is nationwide. The offer ends September 12.

Starlink has also introduced a regional discount for new customers in select regions, lowering the monthly price of its two residential plans for the first year of service: Residential at $80 per month and Residential Lite at $65 per month. After the first year, the plan will revert to its regular price.

The reduced monthly plan is only applicable to the regions highlighted below:

If you change your plan, cancel service, or it’s suspended for any reason, the discount will no longer be applicable. Additionally, the regional discount only applies to the selected regions. If you change your address to one outside these zones, the discount will discontinue. 

Starlink has applied regional discounts before, typically in locations where there is excess bandwidth. The more Starlink dishes in a region, the more it taxes the satellite network above that area. Inversely, Starlink has implemented congestion pricing in areas where there is insufficient bandwidth to accommodate all users.

This sale also comes at a time when Starlink competitors are ramping up production of their networks. Amazon’s Project Kuiper utilizes similar low-Earth orbit satellites and plans to deliver home internet through terminals similar to Starlink’s dishes. Amazon’s satellite constellation launched its 100th satellite in August and has ambitions to expedite launches and begin commercial beta testing by the end of 2025. 

AST SpaceMobile, which is stepping in to compete with Starlink in its direct-to-cell service, also announced its plans to accelerate the launches of its satellite fleet and begin offering satellite cellular service in early 2026. 

Starlink already has over six million worldwide customers and has dominated the satellite internet field almost immediately after its launch. Still, as new competition inches closer to launch, sales like this may be the satellite giant’s attempt to cement itself as the ubiquitous choice for satellite internet.