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SpaceX’s Starlink Premium tier offers speeds of up to 500 Mbps
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(Pocket-lint) – Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, is introducing a faster tier called Starlink Premium, which is aimed at “small offices, storefronts and super users around the world”.
First announced by SpaceX founder Elon Musk , the new offering features a larger high-performance antenna and claims to achieve speeds between 150 Mbps and 500 Mbps (20ms to 40ms latency). For comparison, the standard tier offers speeds of 50 Mbps to 250 Mbps (20 ms to 40 ms latency). Premium also doubles download speeds from 20 Mbps to 40 Mbps, compared to 10 Mbps to 20 Mbps for the standard tier. In addition to the increased speeds, Starlink says its Premium service will perform better in “extreme weather conditions.”
Premium customers will even have access to 24/7 support.
But these speeds and benefits don’t come for free. Naturally, Starlink Premium comes at a very high price. The premium tier costs $2,500 for antenna and $500 per month for service, while standard Starlink service costs just $499 for hardware and $99 per month. There is also a $500 deposit to reserve a Premium dish. You can expect deliveries to begin in the second quarter of 2022.
To learn more about Starlink, where it’s available, and how it works, check out our guide:
Written by Maggie Tillman.
