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Yeah ok, while nearly half the United States is listed as "Waitlist" or "Coming Soon"

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You mean cell phones?

As long as you pay the bill, no

Only if you insult the muskrat

Those connect to cell towers for internet, not satellites.

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“ Whereas Starlink for stationary vehicles costs $599 for the standard satellite dish, the RV-in-motion service requires a flat high-performance Starlink dish costing $2,500. The monthly fee comes in at $135. “

I’m curious as to why there is a cost difference for monthly service between a stationary object vs a moving object…

I understand the hardware fee, but what is the difference in service costs beyond that?

I have Starlink and it's mostly satisfactory but it does cut out for a couple of seconds every hour or so. I wonder if getting one of these would fix it.

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Technically it probably has to do with capacity planning, so you have one sat overhead that can serve X number of people, so you sell that number of dishes to that area. With people moving, you have to leave X number of spots unsold as a buffer for people driving into an area or degrade everyone's service.

I believe this has already been a problem with people buying a dish in an available area only to use it in an area that is 'sold out'.

Also it's another opportunity to make more money.

That will improve as more satellites are launched. More are being launched almost every week.

This is way overpriced. Hopefully in the coming years we can see prices like we did in the 90’s

You had mobile broadband services available to you in the 90s?

The RV service can be activated month to month, so you only need to pay when you’re traveling.

We pay $135/month for the rv service. Only cost difference is hardware...which is a lot.

We are full time nomads and use the rv service. It's great if you're in the desert, but get a few leaves anywhere in the dish's view and it goes to hell. That part has been really frustrating.

Not available in Mercedes or BMW

According to Starlink's website the RV dish costs $599, which is the same cost as the residential dish. As far as I know, the residential dish can be used with the RV plan and vice versa, because it's the same hardware.

Currently the only $2500 dish available is for the "business" plan. Starlink will be offering a new RV dish that can be used while in transit, which I suspect is where the $2500 number is coming from. The current $599 hardware should still work, albeit while stationary.

It is not overpriced if you are one of the people that the service is intended for. I have Starlink myself because the only other Internet option in my area is dial-up or other satellite Internet providers (which are far more expensive than Starlink).

Not the OP, but I had a cable modem in '98. I believe that it was 1.5 mbps down and 256 kbps up, and I think it cost ~$50 a month (which was a steal because it meant being able to get rid of a second phone line that had been dedicated to Internet use). I got super lucky though, because it turned out the local cable company used that very rural area as a testing ground for new equipment (I heard they did so there due to the harsh weather). Some people in that same area were able to get cable modems as early as '96.

The RV dish is currently the same one as the residential dish, and costs $599. The only $2500 dish that's currently available is the "business" version. I'm guessing the $2500 "RV" dish is the upcoming one that can work while moving. The price difference is $20 a month, but RV users are first to get throttled if there's insufficient capacity in a given area.

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I also had a cable modern in roughly '97, at roughly the speed you quoted.

Starlink is over 100x faster, and this is about a mobile option. Literally no comparison.

Value to the customer.

My mistake, I misunderstood the question to be between the current rv service and the new in-motion service. So yes, there is a monthly cost difference between stationary and current rv service ($110/$135) and yes, we're the first to get THROTTLED in higher usage areas. Also, if there is anything (leaf, tree branch, telephone pole) even in the peripheral view of dishy with an otherwise wide open view of NNW skies, signal will drop every 40-60 seconds (called a "disruption") and sometimes sooner. It's great when it's great, and rip it out and toss it in the trash frustrating when it's not.

Yeah, I’m going to avoid Elon Musk internet for as long as possible, thank you.

The time has come my fellow van-rv-overlanders!!!

This is a huge deal for those of us who boondock for weeks deep in the natl forests

Well before this there was no option at all, so it's progress.

No kidding. Sell my house, buy an RV, and travel the country while working a full time remote gig? Hell yeah

Oh there are a couple satellite internet providers and they have been around for years.

Starlink will arguably be much better when complete.

I'm hoping this takes off and everyone gets it or at least gets starlink. Maybe then campgrounds won't be so WiFi congested. Cell towers as well. :)

I think it’s funny reddit is only starting to talk about this stuff like an issue (which it is) when it affects them

I am on a boat most of the year so I totally get it 👍

I just wasn’t aware that they charged more for the RV service than they do for the home service.

We also use this service. Still feel it’s overpriced. 🤷

I second this assessment

That's fair; it's certainly expensive when compared to ground-based broadband.

Compared to other satellite Internet services I've used it's substantially faster and less expensive, plus not having a data cap is a huge bonus.