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Half-price Residential service near Starbase in Cameron County, Texas
On Oct 5, 2026, Starlink announced 50% off Residential plans for service addresses in the Cameron County area of Texas, home to SpaceX's Starbase, with no up-front hardware cost for new customers.
Starlink Mini drops to $149 on starlink.com
On Oct 2, 2026, starlink.com cut the Mini kit to $149, the lowest Mini price we have on record, with no end date stated.
Starship reaches orbit and deploys the first 26 Starlink V3 satellites
On Sep 28, 2026, Starship Flight 14 reached orbit for the first time and released 26 Starlink V3 satellites; nothing changes on your bill yet.
Report: free Mini rentals extended to every Residential plan
On Sep 22, 2026, one outlet reported Starlink now offers a free Mini rental on every Residential plan in select countries; we couldn't confirm it on the US listing.
Ookla: twice as many US Starlink users hit 100/20 Mbps in early 2026
On Sep 15, 2026, Broadband Breakfast reported Ookla's H1 2026 data: twice as many US Starlink users met the FCC's 100/20 Mbps benchmark as a year earlier.
Starlink announces Router 4 with Wi-Fi 7; no US price yet
On Sep 9, 2026, Starlink unveiled Router 4, its first Wi-Fi 7 router, "available soon in select areas" with no price or ship date announced.
Half-price Residential service in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
On Aug 26, 2026, Starlink began offering 50% off Residential plans, plus a free kit for new customers, at service addresses in parts of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, near the planned Starbase Louisiana.
Free Mini rental returns for Residential Max customers
On Aug 7, 2026, Starlink restored the Mini rental at no extra hardware cost for new Residential Max subscribers in the US and Canada, after removing it in June.
Starlink Mini gets a payment plan: $199 or $16 a month
On Jul 28, 2026, starlink.com began offering the Mini at $199 outright or $16 a month for 12 months, and brought the Standard dish back to Roam.
Rental fee falls to $0 a month in select areas, a month after it began
On Jul 20, 2026, Starlink removed the $10 monthly kit-rental fee for new Residential orders in select US areas; about $20 shipping still applies.
Report: second-generation Mini with a built-in battery enters production
On Jul 20, 2026, Not a Tesla App reported, from schematics shared by researcher Oleg Kutkov, that a second-generation Starlink Mini with a built-in battery had entered production. Starlink hasn't announced it.
New Residential customers now rent the dish for $10 a month
On Jun 16, 2026, RV Mobile Internet reported that new Residential customers get the Standard kit only as a $10-a-month rental; existing owners are unaffected.
Starlink raises Residential, Roam and Standby prices in the US
On May 16, 2026, Starlink raised US Residential plans by $5 to $10 a month and doubled Standby Mode to $10; existing customers changed on or after Jun 18.
$29 a month for three months, with dish rental, in select areas
On May 5, 2026, Starlink offered new customers in select areas Residential 100 Mbps at $29 a month for three months with a free dish rental; it ended May 10.
$35 a month Residential offer with $0 hardware rental, in spare-capacity areas
On Apr 1, 2026, Starlink cut Residential 100 Mbps to $35 a month with a $0 up-front dish rental in areas with spare capacity, through the end of April.
$39 a month for six months; Max at $109 includes a Mini
On Mar 4, 2026, Starlink offered Residential 100 Mbps at $39 a month for six months, and Residential Max at $109 with a Mini kit, through Mar 31.
Starlink Mini on sale at $199 as list price falls to $249
On Jan 20, 2026, starlink.com put the Mini on sale at $199, a new low at the time, while its everyday list price fell from $299 to $249.
Starlink removes the $40 Residential 100 Mbps plan in the US
On Dec 12, 2025, PCMag reported that SpaceX had quietly removed the $40-a-month, 100 Mbps Residential plan in the US about a month after it appeared.
Home Depot Black Friday 2025: Standard kit $279, Mini $229
On Nov 17, 2025, SlashGear reported Home Depot selling the Standard kit at $279 and the Mini at $229 as early Black Friday deals.
Holiday 2025: Mini $229, Standard kit $279 on starlink.com
On Nov 11, 2025, starlink.com cut the Mini to $229 and the Standard kit to $279 for the holidays; the prices ran into January 2026.
Walmart early Black Friday 2025: Starlink Mini at $230
On Nov 11, 2025, Yahoo Tech reported Walmart selling the Starlink Mini for $230 in an early Black Friday deal.
$89 Standard kit offered in low-demand US areas
On Sep 13, 2025, Starlink cut the Standard kit to $89 in select low-demand US areas, with discounted first-year plan prices.
Standard kit half off at $175 nationwide, through Sep 12
In mid-August 2025, Starlink sold the Standard kit for $175, half its regular price, nationwide through Sep 12, with regional first-year plan discounts.
Starlink suffers a 2.5-hour global outage from a software failure
On Jul 24, 2025, a failure in Starlink's core internal software took the network down for about 2.5 hours across the US and other countries.
Starlink ends its $0 Standard kit offer on June 25, 2025
On Jun 13, 2025, Broadband Breakfast reported that Starlink would end its free-kit-with-12-month-commitment offer on Jun 25, 2025.
$0 Standard kit with a 12-month commitment, in select areas
On Apr 30, 2025, Starlink began offering the Standard kit for $0 in select US markets to customers who commit to 12 months of Residential service.
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