Starlink price increase

[sheridany]

I did the math the following way: My travel is typically two-month or less intervals no more than three times a year. So if I take 165*6=990 a year compared to 110/mo (for two carriers) whether I am using the coach or not, which is 1320 a year, yes, you can suspend the cell plans, but there is a catch: If you don't turn it back on fairly quickly, you will get pushed into a higher monthly plan even for prepaid. I have turned off AT&T prepaid and will keep T-mobile for a while longer, but I may turn it off eventually as it is unnecessary.

 

[DennisT]

Pathetic excuse to raise the monthly rate - adding features that a VERY small minority can/will use.

May need to consider going back to cellular. Just wish I could find a reasonable cellular plan that has 300gb a month data cap.

We are using TMobile home internet with 5g access and no data caps.

There is a rumor they are going to change to a more expensive plan for people that are mobile and, if they do, we will switch to the FMCA TMobile plan that is also unlimited.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I did the math the following way: My travel is typically two-month or less intervals no more than three times a year. So if I take 165*6=990 a year compared to 110/mo (for two carriers) whether I am using the coach or not, which is 1320 a year, yes, you can suspend the cell plans, but there is a catch: If you don't turn it back on fairly quickly, you will get pushed into a higher monthly plan even for prepaid. I have turned off AT&T prepaid and will keep T-mobile for a while longer, but I may turn it off eventually as it is unnecessary.

Though I don’t like the increase, the ability to indefinitely pause it moves the scale towards SL. The cellular options leave me with having to pay for when we don’t travel, or I have to remember to skip one month but pay the next month, in order to not lose that grandfathered ATT plan.

 

[Neal]

Though I don’t like the increase, the ability to indefinitely pause it moves the scale towards SL. The cellular options leave me with having to pay for when we don’t travel, or I have to remember to skip one month but pay the next month, in order to not lose that grandfathered ATT plan.

True, but I have to keep my cellular plans as they aren't available any longer and I can't trust SL to work at every stop. So for me, cellular is my baseline and something I continue to pay, in fact just renewed my AT&T Prepaid to keep it alive today, and SL will be my backup or my luxury option when I want to use it.

 

[sheridany]

True, but I have to keep my cellular plans as they aren't available any longer and I can't trust SL to work at every stop.

Besides 30,000 speed tests is time consuming.

 

[Stuart W]

Well I didn’t even pay my first bill and it went up

 

[Stuart W]

Between Elon and Jeff, Neil is getting financial kickbacks enough to retire.

I know I promised to have the same motorhome for hoots but this increase may make need a motorhome without SL

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

True, but I have to keep my cellular plans as they aren't available any longer and I can't trust SL to work at every stop. So for me, cellular is my baseline and something I continue to pay, in fact just renewed my AT&T Prepaid to keep it alive today, and SL will be my backup or my luxury option when I want to use it.

Understand the baseline idea.
I am still working full-time, so internet is a requirement for me, not an optional luxury.
Though I mayyy complain about the costs, I still maintain the ATT 100GB grandfathered plan (half the cost of the current ATT offering). This next week we are paying for another month of ATT to keep that backup plan in place.

We would love to find an unlimited sim plan that could work in the Pepwave that was a reasonable cost (ie - less than Starlink).

We did the hot spots a couple/few years ago from FMCA, but the antenna and signal strength is very poor compared to what the Pepwave provides. Gave up trying to get the sim from FMCA to work in the Pepwave.

Since internet is not a luxury but a requirement for my work, we have to keep primary internet in place and then 2 backup internet sources in place.

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

I know I promised to have the same motorhome for hoots but this increase may make need a motorhome without SL

You're just looking for an excuse for a King Aire.

 

[sheridany]

Understand the baseline idea.
I am still working full-time, so internet is a requirement for me, not an optional luxury.
Though I mayyy complain about the costs, I still maintain the ATT 100GB grandfathered plan (half the cost of the current ATT offering). This next week we are paying for another month of ATT to keep that backup plan in place.

We would love to find an unlimited sim plan that could work in the Pepwave that was a reasonable cost (ie - less than Starlink).

We did the hot spots a couple/few years ago from FMCA, but the antenna and signal strength is very poor compared to what the Pepwave provides. Gave up trying to get the sim from FMCA to work in the Pepwave.

Since internet is not a luxury but a requirement for my work, we have to keep primary internet in place and then 2 backup internet sources in place.

You might want to check out mobilemusthave.com and 5gstore.com is selling plans. I haven’t looked them closely but they might have something meets your needs.

 

[sheridany]

Many people are not happy about the recent price increase at Starlink myself included. Previous to Starlink, I had two 100GB SIM card plans.

I just checked my Starlink data usage for the past month as we were gone for longer than usual. We used 502 GB between two people working and streaming. I would have maxed my SIM card data and then been throttled. While we don’t like the price increase, it saved us having to run to free WiFi place or use our phones as hot spots.

 

[Neal]

Absolutely! If you don't have grandfathered unlimited plans or a slide deck of 100 GB sim cards...this is the answer.

Now I just wonder, was 450 GB of that speed tests?

 

[sheridany]

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

Now I just wonder, was 450 GB of that speed tests?

You know it was or him looking for new tofu recipes for him and ARD.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I have to agree with @sheridany, though I don’t like the price increase, between my Bride and my usage, we have exceeded 570GB in less than a month.
It is expensive, but it reduces stress, excess cell plan data fees and less stress around managing our data usage.