{"id":192800,"date":"2024-07-11T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/starlink-mini-is-now-widely-available-and-doesnt-need-a-residential-subscription"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T18:27:43","slug":"starlink-mini-is-now-widely-available-and-doesnt-need-a-residential-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/starlink-mini-is-now-widely-available-and-doesnt-need-a-residential-subscription","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Mini is now widely available and doesn\u2019t need a residential subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You can now get a Starlink Mini in the US, wherever you are and even if you\u2019re not paying for a residential subscription. SpaceX started offering select users the new Starlink dish model that\u2019s small enough to fit in a backpack in late June. Despite its small size that makes it easy to transport and carry around, the Mini used to require an existing $150 standard service plan \u2014 you could only tack on the Mini Roam service for an additional fee of $30 a month. Now, you can get it on its own with a roaming service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mobile regional plan costs $150 a month and will give you access to unlimited data. It\u2019s probably the better option if you live in an RV or travel to remote locations for extended periods of time. Meanwhile, the Mini Roam plan costs $50 a month and will give you access to 50GB of data, which is likely enough if you don\u2019t live on the road full time. Take note that you can use Mini Roam in motion anytime, as long as you\u2019re on land. The mobile regional plan has limited in-motion use and only works when you\u2019re going slower than 10mph, though you can choose to add data meant for in-motion use on a per-GB basis.<\/p>\n

Like Starlink\u2019s other terminals, you\u2019ll have to pay for the Mini up front. It will cost you $599 for the kit, which includes a kickstand, a pipe adapter, a power supply and a cord with a USB-C connector on one end and a barrel jack on the other. (As The Verge<\/em><\/a> notes, you can plug it into a 100W USB-PD power bank if you don\u2019t have access to other power sources.) There\u2019s no Wi-Fi router with the kit, because it\u2019s already integrated into the dish, giving you one less component to carry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can now get a Starlink Mini in the US, wherever you are and even if you\u2019re not paying for a residential subscription. SpaceX started offering select users the new Starlink dish model that\u2019s small enough to fit in a backpack in late June. Despite its small size that makes it easy to transport and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}