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Starlink - Anyone get it yet?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    I ordered from the starlink shop last month..that's what I paid for it delivered



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,920 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    Do you mean the Starlink Router Mini?

    https://starlink.com/shop/products/ie-consumer-mini-router



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Yep looks like they have literally doubled the price



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    Yeah afaik that was 45eur that mini router a few month back now it's 81eur? The cables have gone up about a tenner.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Gadge


    I got onto support about the email many of us got about the move to the €49 200mb plan. Here's the responses:

    Thank you for sharing the email details, Garret—I'm checking the available plans for your main service line (AST-xxxxxxxx) to see if you can stay on or revert to the current Residential plan.

    Your main service line is currently on the Residential plan at €40.65/month (part of your €100 total billing - note, I have one for the mobile home which was part of the free kit deal last year), and while the email indicates an upcoming update to Residential 200 Mbps at €49/month in 30 days, you can stay on your existing plan by logging into your account, going to the subscription settings, and selecting "Residential" (or canceling any pending change if visible). If you'd like step-by-step instructions or help confirming no change is pending, let me know!

    Can you guarantee that i'm not bring forced onto a new plan?

    Yes, Garret—your account confirms no pending plan change for your main service line (AST-xxxxxxxx), so you're not being forced onto the new €49 Residential 200 Mbps plan at this time. To double-check and lock it in, log into your Starlink account, go to "Manage" > "Subscription," and ensure "Residential" is selected with no updates scheduled.

    Let's see how this goes. TBH the €35mb one for the mobile home will suit me when the contract is up but I wouldn't happy being downgraded at home. I'll probably switch to Fiber if that happens. The only reason I haven't done so yet is that I had Starlink before the NBI arrived locally and I'd have to get my driveway dug up to get the fiber to the house.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    Had my first bill since the email, still on residential lite at €35 and the next month's preview is showing the same.

    Wondering why they even sent the email if this is the case. Hopefully it stays like this.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Stewball


    Had a look in the app today when I was doing my monthly update of the dish and got a price of €28 to reactivate. I had been on the €35 plan when I cancelled last year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    @Gadge Im on that one 350mb+ 50eur pm, on a 1 year contract until Oct 2026.

    I like the idea of 29eur for 100mb but if i want more 49 gets me only 200mb. It might be worth keeping 50eur for residential (if i can) after my contract ends. Because when the faster sats go up (v3-1terrabit/s) we might get even faster speeds. I know 29 for 100mb is good value but only 21 more pm, to €50 to get very fast speeds is likely a better deal until fibre.

    I was on Imagine 7Mbit Broadband for 50€ a month for years (2006-2018ish) ffs. 350Mbit is madness speeds for the same cost!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭✭listermint




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    @listermint not that i know of yet.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭Nyum Nyum


    I've been downgraded despite them saying it wouldn't happen 😡

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    **** shower of shite 😡

    Post edited by Nyum Nyum on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    They were never gonna make exceptions tbh. You'd have guessed this is what would occur.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    it's not the end of the world if i go down to 100mb from my res contract which is 350+. But the idea of me joining SL and now we have limited speeds is bs. Res Max at 50pm would suit me, but i think it will force me to 200mb for 49. in that case ill just go to 100mb.

    what a piss take but it's still better than my old vodafone 20pm for 15mb.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    US SL subs increased by 10usd pm. It's likely we're next. EU followed the US in 100mb, 200mb, Res max plans.

    Get ready for the montly increase everyone!

    Post edited by Sn@kebite on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,555 ✭✭✭pizzahead77


    Hopefully the introduce the new Roam 300GB package here soon.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭Nyum Nyum


    Standby mode doubling in price to €10 from June 20th



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Are you on a special rate for residential lite? Ours is 28 something

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    ..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    How do you mean standby mode?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,585 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Pausing your service without cancelling.

    €10 per month seems a tad expensive for that option.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Yes I know what that is I was asking how the previous poster re residential lite is paying 23 euro versus 28 it's costing at our parents



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭Nyum Nyum


    Mine is now the shittiest "Residential 100 Mbps" for €29 per month.

    I was getting around 350 Mbps for €35 p/m and was promised twice that it wouldn't be downgraded. Then I was downgraded.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    for my parents its still substantially better than the 3 sim card they could only get.. which worked in the morning but ground to a halt in the evenings



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    I don't think anyone's arguing that isn't the case. But they're ramping up prices and obliterating the previous speeds that people signed up for. So in essence it's overall shittier. Doubling the standby fee too. That sucks.

    Arguably you can get fantastic LTE speeds for same or less money now depending on location. They're really making this a crappier service. But that may have been bound to happen with fibre roll out .

    If it's available to you as a resident it's a no brainer to switch over.

    Post edited by listermint on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Ah well that didn't last long

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    He's cutting costs at all his companies steering up from the spacex IPO. None of it better for customers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭Sn@kebite


    @micks_address what plan is that costing 35eur?

    I thought the new plans are 29eur 100mb, 49eur 200mb , 69eur Res Max.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,585 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    My brother popped in and while here a message came from Starlink, his residential 200 package is going from €50 to €55 from June 8th.

    His monthly charge never dropped to €49 even though he got a message saying it would.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭sean72


    so is residential max increasing too?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,585 ✭✭✭✭The Cush




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