Spring 2026's Residential promos in sequence: $39, $35, then $29

Starlink ran three Residential service promos in spring 2026, one a month, each cheaper than the last: $39/mo in March, $35/mo in April and $29/mo in May. All three were regional, offered to new customers at addresses with spare capacity, and all three have ended; the May offer lasted five days. Then regular plan prices went up. As of Oct 5, 2026, there was no Residential service promo in our log.

The three promos side by side

	March 2026	April 2026	May 2026
Dates	Mar 4 to Mar 31	Apr 1 to Apr 30 (reported)	May 5 to May 10 (ended early)
100 Mbps	$39/mo for 6 months	$35/mo	$29/mo for 3 months
200 Mbps	$69/mo	$65/mo	$59/mo
Max	$109/mo, with a free Mini	$105/mo	$99/mo
Hardware	Not specified in our sources	$0 rental	Free dish rental
Where	Address-specific; busy areas could see a surcharge	Areas with spare capacity	Undisclosed areas with spare capacity
Catch	Commitment varied by area, shown at checkout	Reported by a single source	New customers only; lost if service was suspended; full price after 3 months
Regular 100 Mbps price then	$50	$50	$50

Every number in that table comes from the rows in our deals log, where each is struck through with its end date and sources. The April row carries a “single source” flag: one outlet (GearMusk) reported it, and we couldn’t find a second.

March: $39 for six months

Broadband Breakfast and 5Gstore both reported the March promo on Mar 4–5, 2026. It ran to Mar 31. The headline was $39/mo for Residential 100 Mbps for six months, against a $50 regular price, with $69 for 200 Mbps and $109 for Max. The Max tier included a free Mini.

Two catches mattered. First, it was address-specific: starlink.com showed it only for some addresses, and busy areas could also see a demand surcharge, a one-time charge Starlink applies in high-demand areas. Second, the commitment varied by area, shown at checkout. Some customers may have accepted a commitment to get the price. If you took this offer and want to leave early, read the terms of your order; our commitment offers page explains the prorated change fee.

April: $35 with a $0 rental

GearMusk reported on Apr 2, 2026 that Residential 100 Mbps had dropped to $35/mo, with $65 for 200 Mbps and $105 for Max, and the hardware as a $0 rental, in areas with spare capacity. The reported end was the end of April.

We list it, but with a flag: it’s a single source. That’s why the April row doesn’t carry the same confidence as March or May, which each had two reports. A $0 rental also means Starlink owned the kit: when you cancel, you return it within 30 days or pay its full retail price. How the rental works covers that in detail.

May: $29 for three months, gone in five days

satelliteinternet.com and Broadband Breakfast reported the $29 promo on May 5–6, 2026: Residential 100 Mbps at $29/mo for three months, with $59 for 200 Mbps and $99 for Max, and a free dish rental. It was for new customers in undisclosed areas with spare capacity, and the discount was lost if service was suspended. After three months, the plan returned to full price.

It ended early, on May 10, 2026. That’s the shortest-lived offer in our log.

Before spring: the November 2025 $40 plan

The spring promos had a precursor. On Nov 10, 2025, Telecompetitor reported a $40/mo Residential 100 Mbps plan in limited locations. PCMag reported on Dec 12, 2025 that it had been removed. It lasted about a month and was pulled where capacity filled. It behaved exactly like the spring offers: regional, unannounced, and short. If you count it, our log has four Residential service promos in seven months, none of them national.

Service promos vs hardware offers

It helps to separate two kinds of “Starlink offer,” because they work differently:

	Service promos	Hardware offers
What’s discounted	The monthly plan price	The kit (buy or rent)
Examples	$40 (Nov 2025), $39, $35, $29 (spring 2026)	Mini from $149 (Oct 2026), $0-up-front rental, $89 kit (Sep 2025)
Who gets it	Usually only some addresses	Often national, sometimes regional
How long	Weeks, sometimes days	Varies; some with no end date stated
What happens after	Plan returns to regular price	You own or rent the kit; plan price unaffected

A service promo saves money every month for its term. A hardware offer saves once. Over a short promo term, a cheaper kit can be worth more than a cheaper plan, and vice versa; compare the actual dollars for your situation, with the end of the promo term included.

What came next: prices went up

Shortly after the May promo ended, Starlink raised prices. RV Mobile Internet (May 16, 2026) and The Next Web (May 18, 2026) reported increases across Residential, Roam and Standby. When we checked on Oct 5, 2026, Residential was $55/mo for 100 Mbps, $85/mo for 200 Mbps and $130/mo for Max.

So the spring sequence wasn’t a slide toward permanently cheaper service. It was a run of short, regional offers followed by higher regular prices. Some hardware costs moved the other way later in the year: a $10/mo rental fee was added in June 2026, then cut to $0 in select areas from about Jul 20, 2026, and the Mini dropped to $149 on Oct 2.

What the sequence tells you

What the record shows:

• Service promos are regional. None of the three was national. Only starlink.com’s checkout, for a specific address, could show whether it applied.
• They end without much notice. March and April ran about a month; May ran five days.
• The terms change each time. Six months, no stated term, three months; a free Mini with Max, a $0 rental, a free dish rental. Comparing headline prices alone misses most of the differences.
• The promo price is temporary. Each one returned to the regular price after its term.

What it doesn’t show: when, or whether, another service promo will appear. The November 2025 $40 plan and the spring 2026 sequence suggest Starlink uses regional service pricing from time to time, but we don’t forecast it.

A worked comparison: was the promo worth a commitment?

Take a hypothetical new customer in March 2026 who saw $39/mo for six months on 100 Mbps, against $50 regular, with a 12-month commitment at checkout. The saving was eleven dollars a month for six months. Leaving the commitment early triggers a prorated change fee, so the saving only held if the customer was confident they’d keep service for the full term. For someone testing Starlink or moving soon, the commitment was the bigger number on the page.

For the May promo, the trap was different: no commitment in our sources, but the discount was lost if service was suspended. Putting service on hold for a month would have ended the $29 price early.

How to check for a promo at your address

1. Go to starlink.com and enter the service address. Not yours, if it’s a cabin or a relative’s house; the address where the kit will be used.
2. Read the plan prices and the term. A promo shows the discounted price and how long it lasts.
3. Look for conditions: a commitment, a rental, a “new customers only” line, or a suspension rule.
4. Check for a demand surcharge. It applies by address and can outweigh a small monthly saving.
5. Screenshot the checkout before you pay, with the date.

We never ask for your address, so we can’t do this step for you. Our log can tell you what’s been reported and when it ended.

Common mistakes

• Trusting a months-old headline. “Starlink $29 a month” articles still rank. That offer ended May 10, 2026.
• Assuming a promo is national. None of these were.
• Ignoring the term. $29 for three months is not $29 forever.
• Pausing service on a promo that’s lost if service is suspended.
• Accepting a commitment without checking the early-exit fee.

What we don’t know

• Which addresses qualified for each promo.
• The exact end of the April promo (reported as end of April).
• The regular 200 Mbps and Max prices at the time of each promo, which our sources don’t state.
• Whether Starlink will run another service promo.

What to do next

The deals log shows anything live today, with its checked date. If you read about a deal that isn’t at your checkout, why a deal isn’t available to you explains the usual reasons. For hardware-side offers, which are the ones live now, read “Free Starlink dish”: what the phrase has meant.