As of this morning, Starlink has changed everything about its mobile RV internet service. In an email, Starlink stated they are changing service plan names and adding three new benefits/features to the “Roam” plan. The most significant change is the “in motion” service, which means that if you have an antenna fixed to the top of your RV, the Starlink “Roam” service will work to be used while driving.
Starlink also added that the “Roam” plan has increased the price from $150 to $165 monthly.
Not a correction to my previous article
Thus, Starlink’s new service changed some of the details in my post, published only four days ago. I thought of merely updating my post, but that wouldn’t have been fair to my subscribers who already read the post. So, instead, I am adding a new post about these changes and will link to this one. The subject of the now four-day-old post focused on RoamLink, which doesn’t focus on Starlink. Here is a link in case you missed it. Get the best RV internet system (new service plan upgrades)
Starlink changes things frequently.
Starlink has changed things about every month since I became a customer. Just as they have in the past, there was no warning. Boom, here is a new plan. Thank you very much.
No contract
Starlink does not have a contract. Instead, it is a month-by-month plan. Because it doesn’t have a contract, Starlink can (and frequently does) change its prices and services. This change will affect all plans effective October tenth.
The most significant change was to the RV multiple-location “Roam” plan, which changed its name from the “Moblie Regional” plan to the “Roam” plan.
New additional services
- In motion use
- International travel
- Coastal coverage
Starlink couldn’t change the part about it not working under trees. It still doesn’t work under trees.
In-motion use is limited to 100 miles per hour.
International travel does not mean at-sea coverage but rather only coverage when traveling on land internationally. The international travel feature only covers two months outside your home coverage. Gone are the references to coverage in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. International replaces references to North America.
Coastal coverage appears to be a benefit for coverage in coastal waters.
Three Starlink plans
As of October 10, there will be only three Starlink Plans: “Residential,” “Roam,” and “Boats.” The new “Roam” plan replaces the “Mobile Regional” plan. The previous “Mini Roam” plan, designed for the new Starlink Mini dish, is now available for any Starlink dish. Thus, the “Roam” plan can be divided into the data-capped “Roam 50 GB” plan and the uncapped “Roam” (unlimited data) plan. The data cap on the “Mini Roam” plan was 50 GB per month, and the price remains at $50. Service on the “Roam 50 GB” plan is the lowest priority on the Starlink service tiers.
The “Roam 50 GB” monthly plan allows additional data at one dollar per GB. Thus, presumably, you could pay for the “Roam 50GB “and add 115 GB of data before you equaled the price of the “Roam” plan. Since the “Roam” plan has unlimited second-tier priority service at $165 per month. This could keep costs under control for customers who use Starlink as a backup to cellular service.
The previous “Mobile Regional” plan and presumably the new “Roam” plan still prioritize these customers to the second tier. They are a lower priority than “Residential” customers but higher than “Roam 50 GB” customers.
Previously, “Mobile Regional” plan customers could purchase priority data, which essentially gave the “Mobile Regional” customer priority equal to that of the “Residential” plan customers. However, for the new “Roam” customers, purchasing priority data is no longer an option.
How it will affect us
We have the second-generation dish, so the new “In motion” feature doesn’t have any value to me—none of the new features have value. It is just another price increase if you can’t use the in-motion service (like me). Perhaps I could mount a third-generation dish and use the in-motion feature if we had a third-generation dish.
I won’t be doing that because I don’t need in-motion service. Starlink service doesn’t appeal to me when we are driving.
However, I could change my service to the Roam 50 GB plan and reduce my Starlink service to a lower priority selection for my internet coverage. Then, I would pay only $50 per month for 50 gigabytes of data, increasing it as discussed above. It wouldn’t work at our current location because cell service here is a dud, but this change could save me some money. Starlink data would fall third place behind AT&T and T-Mobile, and I could downgrade it.
News you can use
If you already use Starlink as a backup data plan, I encourage you to evaluate downgrading your service to the Roam 50 GB plan. It is highly likely to save you some money.
Starlink Referal Code
Starlink has offered me a referral code. If you use it when you place your order directly with them, they will give you a free month of service. After you pay your bill, they will also give me a free month of service, but you must use my referral code. It is only for new subscribers and is the only discount I have heard about from Starlink.
I pay and continue to pay full price, just like everyone else. Other than this promotion being available to any Starlink customer, I don’t have any secret handshake with anyone, including Starlink. Email me before you buy Starlink, and I will give you the discount code. Before you email me, I suggest you call Mobile Must Have to ensure you know all the answers.
Except for updating my previous articles about this change, that about does it for me. Tomorrow may bring new changes.
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Nice recap, Scott!
Thanks, Scott. I use Insty Connect for the internet and have thought about Starlink a few times as it ties into their service also. But it looks like they are targeting those with lots of money. At least until things balance out I’m pretty unsure about it.
Starlink’s increase in price reminded me to pause the Roam service and make do with cell service for the rest of our trip. I will decide next spring whether to start it up again. Who knows what the price will be by then?