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Starlink is about to get more expensive for its nearly 3 million U.S. customers, as it raises prices on almost all plans by $5 to $10 per month. Starlink’s Roam customers who want to suspend their service will now also have to pay $10 per month for standby instead of $5. Previously reported by PCMag.
Emails sent to customers indicate that the price increases will begin for existing customers on or after June 18 Starlink plan What hasn’t changed is the Roam 300GB plan, which will remain at $80 per month.
| Starlink plan | Old price | New price |
|---|---|---|
| Residential 100 Mbps | $50 | $55 |
| Residential 200 Mbps | $80 | $85 |
| Residential Max | $120 | $130 |
| Roaming 100 GB | $50 | $55 |
| Unlimited roaming | $165 | $175 |
| Standby mode | $5 | $10 |
Price increases are nothing new in the online world — 63% of Americans said they saw an increase in their internet bill in the past year, according to a study CNET 2025 Survey — But Starlink has generally gone the other way, offering deals that will lure new customers away from existing ISPs.
“Prices have remained unchanged for most residential customers over the past several years, and the strong demand for Starlink reflects the value customers continue to see in the service,” the company wrote in an email to customers. “This adjustment supports continued improvements and investment in affordable, high-performance products and services as global operating costs continue to rise.”
It is true that Starlink has seen a rise in demand in the United States. It has approx 2.7 million US customers In the United States now, it’s nearly double what it used to be In August 2024. But as Starlink has grown, it has faced increasing questions about its ability to keep up with this demand.
Starlink has gotten faster, but it’s still much slower than most ISPs
The email Starlink sends to customers cites “continuous improvements” to its service as justification for its price increases, and there’s no doubt that it is It made huge investments In its network. In 2026 alone, Starlink 7.6 satellites added to its huge constellation every day on average, many of which were newer Generation 3 (V3) satellites that had increased capacity compared to previous versions.
But the more customers you add, the harder it is to maintain speed. One analysis last year from Pennsylvania State University’s X-Lab found that Starlink can only support 6.66 households per square mile Before the speed drops below the FCC’s broadband minimum (100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload).
Remarkably, Starlink has gotten faster at the same time it’s added millions of new customers, but it still doesn’t reach the FCC’s minimum for most people. According to the latest Speed test data From Ookla, 44.7% of US Starlink customers reached the 100/20 Mbps mark in Q4 2025 — a significant increase from the 17.4% who achieved it in Q1 2025. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)
Although this is a huge improvement, it is still a far cry from wired connections like cable and fibre. For example, AT&T Fiber recorded average speeds of 369/309 Mbps in the second half of 2025, According to okla.
Pricing has been one of the levers Starlink has used to protect its capacity, but it’s usually limited to highly congested areas that already have a lot of users. At my address in Seattle, for example, you currently have to pay an “additional application fee” of $500 to get the service. But it has generally avoided the kind of across-the-board price increases common in the broadband industry.
like SpaceX is preparing to go public And next month, it will start behaving more and more like a traditional ISP, where price increases are a tried-and-true part of the game plan.
“I think it’s a good business model.” one user wrote on Reddit. “They now have a group of approved people who have no other options, so they can do whatever they want until/if a competitor comes along.”
