SpaceX Starlink New 50% Cheaper Internet Plan
Summary
TLDRThe video discusses SpaceX's new cheaper Starlink internet plan being tested in New Zealand, offering 50% off the monthly price in exchange for slower speeds during peak hours. It analyzes whether this deprioritized plan could come to the US, given excess satellite capacity in some areas. The host also highlights how SpaceX is improving satellite design to increase payload per launch. Overall, the video explores if US customers could enjoy lower cost Starlink in the future, either through discounted pricing or buying refurbished hardware kits.
Takeaways
- 😊 SpaceX is testing a new 50% cheaper Starlink plan in New Zealand
- 🔆 The cheaper plan offers 50-100 Mbps speeds vs 150-250 Mbps for the standard plan
- 📉 Cheaper plan customers will be deprioritized during peak usage times
- 💰 Eligible customers can also get refurbished Starlink kits for 50% off in NZ
- ⚡️ NZ currently sees the fastest Starlink speeds globally, averaging 158-266 Mbps down
- 🇺🇸 No discounts yet offered in the US, but prices were lowered in some states last year
- 🛰️ SpaceX launched 24 satellites on one Falcon 9 rocket, the most ever carried
- 🚀 More mini satellites and Starship launches will increase speeds and capacity
- ❓ It's unclear if/when the discounted plan will expand beyond New Zealand
- 👍 Customers seem interested in cheaper service, even with slower speeds
Q & A
What is the new cheaper Starlink plan that was spotted in New Zealand?
-SpaceX is offering a 50% discount on the monthly fee for Starlink internet service in New Zealand in exchange for slower speeds. The new plan costs NZ$79 per month compared to NZ$159 for the standard plan.
How do the speeds compare between the standard and cheaper Starlink plans in New Zealand?
-The cheaper plan offers speeds between 50-100 Mbps download while the standard plan offers 150-250 Mbps. So the cheaper plan has slower speeds, especially during peak usage times.
Why is SpaceX offering discounted Starlink plans in New Zealand specifically?
-New Zealand has very fast Starlink speeds averaging 158-266 Mbps down. So SpaceX likely has excess network capacity there allowing them to offer discounted plans to get more customers using the network.
Does the cheaper plan have any data caps or restrictions?
-No, the cheaper Starlink plan has no data caps or speed restrictions. The only limitation is slower speeds due to being deprioritized during peak network usage times.
Can I pause service or enable portability on the cheaper Starlink plan?
-No, the ability to pause service or use Starlink portably is not supported on the cheaper deprioritized plan.
Can I buy a discounted refurbished Starlink kit in New Zealand?
-Yes, in addition to the cheaper plan, New Zealand customers can also buy a refurbished Starlink kit for half the price of a new one.
When will cheaper Starlink plans be offered in the US?
-It's unclear if or when the cheaper deprioritized plans will be offered in the US. SpaceX typically tests new plans in foreign markets first before bringing them to the US market.
How does the Starlink dish in NZ differ from the latest US version?
-The NZ Starlink kit includes the dish with motors allowing 360 degree movement. The newest US version has a stand instead of motors to reduce complexity and cost.
How many more satellites did SpaceX recently fit on a Falcon 9 launch?
-SpaceX managed to fit 24 Starlink satellites on a recent Falcon 9 launch, up from the previous max of 22. This shows their ability to continually improve launch efficiency.
When is the next SpaceX Starship test launch scheduled?
-The next Starship prototype launch is expected to occur in mid-March 2024 from Starbase in Texas.
Outlines
🚀 SpaceX Starlink's New Cheaper Plan
This segment introduces SpaceX Starlink's new, more affordable plan, specifically aimed at providing a cost-effective internet solution for rural populations who typically earn less than city dwellers. The narrator emphasizes the long-standing criticism of Starlink's high costs and discusses how this new plan, initially available only in New Zealand, could be a game-changer. SpaceX has historically tested different offerings in various markets before wider rollouts. The cheaper plan offers reduced speeds at a 50% discount, appealing to users in need of affordable options. The discussion includes an analysis of the plan's features and benefits, drawing on information from multiple sources, including a concise summary from PC Magazine. The importance of community feedback and interaction is highlighted, inviting viewers to share their thoughts on this development.
🌍 Global Testing and US Market Considerations
The second paragraph delves deeper into the specifics of the new Starlink plan, including the impressive speed tests conducted in New Zealand, showing speeds significantly higher than what users in the US typically experience. The narrator discusses the plan's potential impacts on users during peak hours due to its deprioritized nature and explores SpaceX's strategic reasons for offering such a plan in New Zealand due to its excess capacity. Additionally, comparisons are drawn between the internet speeds in New Zealand and the US, particularly noting the lower speeds observed in the southern states. The segment concludes with speculation on whether the deprioritized plan will be introduced in North America, based on SpaceX's historical pricing strategies and the introduction of new hardware in different markets.
🔍 Detailed Analysis of Deprioritized Service Plan
This part provides an in-depth analysis of SpaceX Starlink's deprioritized service plan, including its affordability, limitations, and potential benefits for users, especially in New Zealand. The narrator explains the plan's terms, such as no data or speed caps, and the possibility of slower speeds during peak hours due to deprioritization. The discussion also covers the option for users to purchase refurbished Starlink kits at a reduced price, noting the hardware differences between the US and New Zealand markets. Additionally, the segment touches on SpaceX's operational achievements and future plans, including the launch of new satellites and the anticipated launch of Starship, underscoring the company's ongoing efforts to improve and expand its internet service offerings.
🌐 Expansion and Future Prospects of Starlink
The final paragraph focuses on the broader implications of SpaceX Starlink's new offerings and its strategic maneuvers, such as increasing the number of satellites per launch to enhance network capacity and performance. The discussion includes speculation on the potential for similar deprioritized plans in the US, based on the company's testing and rollout patterns in other countries. The narrator invites viewers to consider whether they would opt for a deprioritized plan at a reduced cost, weighing the trade-offs between price and performance. The segment concludes with a call to action, encouraging viewers to engage in discussion, share the content, and explore additional resources offered by the narrator.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Starlink
💡Speeds
💡Congestion
💡Deprioritized
💡Peak hours
💡Excess capacity
💡Hardware
💡Latency
💡Starship
💡Version 2 mini
Highlights
SpaceX is offering a 50% discount on monthly payments for Starlink in New Zealand in exchange for slower speeds
The cheaper Starlink plan has no data or speed caps but users can expect 50-100 Mbps downloads vs. 150-250 Mbps for standard service
Standard service will be prioritized over deprioritized service during peak hours, meaning slower speeds for the cheaper plan
SpaceX may be offering the cheaper plan in New Zealand because it has excess capacity there, with speeds of 158-266 Mbps down
SpaceX is also offering refurbished Starlink kits in New Zealand for half the price of new kits
The refurbished hardware option allows people to get into Starlink very cheaply in New Zealand
It's unclear if SpaceX will bring the discounted deprioritized plan to North America, though it has offered regional discounts before
SpaceX launched a record 24 Starlink satellites on one Falcon 9 rocket, enabled by design improvements
More satellites per launch will speed up the Starlink network and increase capacity
Starship launches in 2024 could drastically improve speeds and latency for Starlink
Would US customers accept slower speeds for a discounted Starlink service option?
Would US customers be interested in buying refurbished Starlink hardware if offered?
Overseas markets often test pricing and products before launches in the US
Regulatory approvals may be the biggest hurdle to rapidly expanding the Starlink network
This discounted plan expands access for rural users at lower cost
Transcripts
SpaceX starlink has a brand new cheaper
plan is this something that might be
right for you let's go check it
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video today is a technology day we're
going to be talking about the brand new
SpaceX starlink
plan kind of interesting this is
something that we've been looking for
for many many months actually Years A
lot of people have said that SpaceX
starlink is just simply too expensive
for who it is directed to it's basically
for rule folks people that are in the
country that are not in the city and
usually we are not making as much as the
people in this City according to what
the government says so anyways we're
looking into a cheaper plan and is this
available now we know that SpaceX
starlink has done this once before we'll
talk about that in just a second but
this plan is going to be only for people
in New Zealand now starlink has done
this in the past they test out in
different markets and then they bring it
into other markets I was reading about
this on four or five different Rags
different magazines online magazines and
I found that the PC Magazine version was
really short and condensed so I want to
read some of that to you and then give
you my commentary as I always do and
then after Down Below in the comment
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housekeeping is done let's get into this
article it starts out by saying want
starlink at a lower price yeah we do in
New Zealand SpaceX is offering customers
a 50% discount on the monthly payment
for the satellite internet system in
exchange for slower speeds this is very
important keep that in mind slow lower
speeds I'll get into that in just a
second a user on Reddit spotted SpaceX
offering the new deprioritized plan for
residential customers in the country
deprioritized is important I'll get into
that in just a second the option appears
when you sign up for service on starlink
decom now bear in mind star link.com in
New Zealand is going to be different
than star link.com here in the US so if
you check now and you're located in the
US you're not going to see it now you
could always use like what I do
a VPN I'm using pure VPN as well as
speedify you can go and take a look at
my matter of fact I have a discount I
always forget to tell you guys about it
if you go to J christina.
cvpn or J christina. comom slpe you're
going to get 15 20% off either one of
those VPN services that I currently use
anyways if you use a VPN you could set
your server for New Zealand and then
when you log into star link.com it's is
going to think that you're located in
New Zealand and it'll give you this
information just so you know little
backend way to check this out users can
pay New Zealand money of
$159 or converted to US $97 for this
standard plan or $48 or New Zealand
money
$79 for the
deprioritized access so basically what
they're saying here is it's half price
so instead of $100 you're going to be
paying $50 that's us money the cheaper
plan has no data or speed caps but users
can expect quote 50 to 100 megabits
download speeds in comparison to 150 to
250 megabits download speeds for the
standard service plan now bear in mind
those speeds are New Zealand speeds okay
those are based on what the folks in New
Zealand are seeing as far as speeds we
do not get that here in the US or not
the majority of us do I've been seeing
some really quick speeds lately and I
showed you in my last video matter of
fact I did a speed test this morning and
I was getting around 200 megabits down
and about 17 megabits up which isn't
really bad I would like to see the up
speed come up pardon the pun but what
are we going to do hopefully it does we
need to see that 20 megabits up or
higher so the FCC says hey yeah you are
Broadband anyways that's for a whole
another video SpaceX says standard
service will be prioritized over
deprioritized service during peak hours
remember you're paying half price so
you're going to be
deprioritized over the priority people
that are paying more this means that
speeds will be slower for deprioritized
service relative to the standard
starlink service especially when there's
more users on the network makes sense
the company might be offering the plan
because it has plenty of capacity in New
Zealand according to Star link.com the
country has the fastest download speeds
averaging between 158 megabits down to
266 megabits down that is an amazing
amazing speed variation 150 to like
270 that's awesome in comparison to the
download speeds in the US are generally
lower spanning from 38 megabits to 104
megabits down particularly in the
southern states now I'm in the southern
States I never saw these numbers before
38 megabits down 104 megabits down yeah
maybe 100 megabits down when it was at
its slowest point but
38 you know take everything that you
read with the grain of salt and what you
hear SpaceX didn't immediately respond
to a request for comment making it
unclear if it will be bringing the
deprioritized plan to North America in
general SpaceX has refrained from
offering discounts on starlink within
the us although last year it did
decrease the subscription fee for us
customers living in quote areas with
excess capacity I did a whole video on
that there's certain States where
there's not a lot of people using SpaceX
Starling that their fee went from $110
down to like $90 where everyone else's
fee popped up to $120 per month once
again it's based on how many people are
using it in the area if those satellites
are dormant they're not doing anything
you might as well charge less and at
least get a couple of bucks for them
flying by right it just simply makes
sense the article finalizes with this
instead the company has often been
spotted offering deals on satellite
internet service in other markets such
as Europe and Latin America which
appears to have less demand in New
Zealand SpaceX is offering customers the
option of buying refurbished Starling
kits for half price of the original cost
so this is important too not only are
you able to get half price on your
service but you can also get half price
on your kit now the caveat here is the
kit that you can buy in New Zealand is
not the same kits that are available
here in the US in the US they have the
version 4 available that just has that
kickstand it doesn't have that fully
actuated dish where it can spin around
360 and it has the motors in it in New
Zealand they can only get the version
two or the version that has the motors
built in so they can buy the brand new
kit which would be $400 New Zealand
which would be the equivalent of like
243 bucks us or half price to the 400
which would be 2001 199 New Zealand
which would be $121 us one is
refurbished one is brand new it's up to
you I like the half price option and the
reason being is SpaceX Starling stands
behind all of their Hardware so it
doesn't matter if you have a refurbished
version or if you have a brand new
version if there's a problem they're
going to stand behind it they're going
to send you a new one that's the way it
has always been I've never heard from
anyone after doing this for 28 months I
never heard from anyone that SpaceX
starlink wouldn't send them a either
refurbished kit or a brand new kit free
of charge if there was a problem with
the first one or there was a problem
with the one that they're currently
using so that's really good also you
have the half price not only on the kit
but you have half price now on the
service you can get standard service or
deprioritized service and that's
completely up to you so the standard
service would cost
$159 per month New Zealand money or
let's call it a 100 bucks $97 or half
price to that would be 48 bucks us or
$79 New Zealand money however you want
to look at it so half price if you don't
mind having deprioritized service now
once again the speeds in New Zealand are
off the chain literally bumping up to
close to 300 megabits down so even if
you get deprioritized service it's
probably not going to happen very often
because there is not that many people
using it in the country so it's probably
not a bad idea to not only get a
deprioritized service but also get the
refurbished kit and you can get into
SpaceX starlink extremely cheap let's
say 100 bucks us for your kit and then
$50 per month $47 something like that
per month this is in US money that is it
pet is cheap for what you're getting now
if you want the full-blown thing you can
get it if you want now in the US which
obviously we don't see in New Zealand we
now do have that version 4 dish that I
was talking to you about that does not
have the motors built in the actuators
to spin at 360 and til it automatically
automatically it doesn't have that it
basically is just a kickstand you pop it
out you sit it down that's it you move
it left and right and you call it a day
they don't have that in New Zealand and
when you will get it I don't know once
again they do a lot of the testing of
the new product here in the US and then
they send it overseas after testing it
it probably has to do with the
manufacturing plants are really close
here in the US to anyone and it doesn't
cost them a lot of money to switch out
hard Ware whereas if you're sending over
to New Zealand or Germany or anywhere in
Europe that can get to be expensive if
you're having problems now what exactly
is this deprioritized anyways now they
say exactly what it is on their website
this is what it says now this is once
again you can go over to their website
star link.com but make sure you're
logged in through a New Zealand server
and you'll be able to see this too it
says starlinks deprioritize service is a
more affordable service plan that is
designed for personal family and
household use at a fixed or landbased
location at a valid location or address
in New Zealand users will have an
unlimited amount of standard data each
month with no long-term contracts or
commitments similar to SpaceX starlink
standard service plan once again this is
the deprioritized plan the service plan
will be deprioritized over the standard
service during peak hours this means
that speeds may be slower for
deprioritized service related to
standard service when the network has
the most users online obviously when
there is any type of congestion
deprioritized users are going to get
deprioritized data it finalizes with a
couple of bullets there are no data caps
there are no speed caps speed should
range between 50 to 100 megabits in
comparison to 150 to 250 megabits de
down those speeds are going to be a lot
faster than our speeds here in the US
you may upgrade to the standard starlink
service at any time Mobility or in
motion or Marine on the ocean use is not
allowed pause service feature is not
supported bear that in mind you cannot
pause your service if you're getting
this
deprioritized plan then again it's 47
bucks all right the ability to opt in to
purchase priority or mobile priority
data is also not supported obviously
because this isn't a mobile device it is
a fixed device for a business or a
family home a residence with a
non-moving address basically also when I
was looking this up I checked to see if
there was any other locations that had
this discount going on and I found that
Germany right now has a 50% discount on
SpaceX starlink now that is the kits
they they don't have that D prioritized
as of yet that I was able to find and I
logged in through de or the German
server just to check it out I didn't see
any of that maybe that's coming soon
maybe they're just testing it currently
in New Zealand because there's no one
using it in New Zealand there's a ton of
excess capacity as SpaceX starlink calls
it there was one other thing that I
found when I was reading through this
and it just happened yesterday I think
or the day before SpaceX starlink was
able to launch 24 starlink satellites in
the cone or in the top fairing of a
falcon 9 for the first time normally
it's 20 21 22 they were able to launch
24 just the other day that is a big deal
and that's because they are reshaping
things and making things larger and
making other things smaller matter of
fact I found Elon mus saying on X he
said this quote due to continued design
improvements this falcon 9 carried its
highest ever payload of
17.5 tons of useful load to a useful
orbit very interesting once again they
went from 2021 let's say SpaceX starlink
satellites the version 2 minis in that
fairing up to
24 that once again is a big deal you're
looking at three maybe even four extra
that are going in per launch and that is
something that we need to keep in mind
here
everything is going to get better it's
going to get faster the latency is going
to get also quicker as they introduce
more and more these version 2 mini
satellites into orbit and once SpaceX
Starship actually launches and doesn't
blow up and is able to get the fullsize
version twos maybe they'll call them
version 3es by then into orbit things
are going to get 4X faster 4X the
capacity the speeds are going to get
better the latency is going to become
less this is awesome this is really big
now I also heard that in March mid-march
we're going to see the next Starship
launch this is exciting news and I also
heard there's going to be up to nine
Starships just launching in
2024 so I don't know if this Cadence is
going to be able to hold true to that
number but that's going to be almost one
Starship per month throughout the rest
of 2024 can they do it I don't know I
don't think that it's going to be an
issue if SpaceX starlink can do it or
SpaceX can do it I think it's going to
be an issue if the FCC the FAA the
wildlife and all the rest of these
people will give the clearance to Elon
musk's Space X will they will they not
that is going to be the bottom line so
the question is will customers in the US
be able to enjoy this lower cost space
starlink the
deprioritized version of it will that be
a possibility in the not so distant
future I really don't know once again
they always test in other regions other
countries and then they bring it into
the US when it comes to pricing but when
it comes to Hardware like I said before
they test in the US and then they send
overseas so I'm going to guess overseas
being New Zealand as well as Germany all
of Europe will probably see the version
4 dish in the Noto distant future now
that we see them here in the US that is
once again the nonarticulating or the
non-actuated version without Motors the
one with the kickstand that we talked
about I did a whole video maybe I'll put
a link my question to you is if you had
the option of getting a deprioritized
service for half the price would you
knowing what the speeds are here in the
US knowing what speeds you're currently
getting would you be able to handle
let's say half price maybe at half speed
obviously we don't know it's always
based on congestion will you be one of
those people would you pay half price to
get let's say half the service also
would you be interested in picking up a
refurbished SpaceX starlink unit
especially the fully articulated one the
ones that they're seeing over there in
New Zealand I know a lot of people have
been asking me about that where can I
get the motored version I don't want to
go up on the roof to change it if I ever
need to I just want to stick it up there
and let it do its thing and I get you I
feel you because mine is Up on the Roof
also I don't want to go up there I have
obviously the motored version because
mine is 28 months old but it's still
working anyways Down Below in the
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