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Independent US buying guide · prices checked Nov 4, 2026

Which Starlink should you get?

Answer five questions, one screen at a time, and the chooser names one plan and one dish for your home or your trips, adds up a dated first-year cost, and says “wait” when Starlink isn’t the right buy yet.

  • Plan prices dated, read off the US order list on starlink.com
  • Answers “wait” when fiber, a seasonal home or a short need makes Starlink a poor buy
  • No address, no email, no sign-up

Plan and kit chooser

1 of 5

Where will you use Starlink?

Runs in your browser. No address, no email, nothing saved.

Six plans, two families

Which Starlink plan fits your household?

Most US homes of three or four people fit Residential 200 Mbps, which starlink.com’s nationwide list put at $76.50/mo on Nov 4, 2026. One or two light users can take Residential 100 Mbps ($49.50/mo) where it is sold, and homes with five or more heavy users fit Max ($143/mo). Travelers start on Roam 100GB at $55/mo. Home prices differ from one address to the next, and the order page reveals yours after you type it.

Home (Residential)

Residential 100 Mbps

$49.50/mo

National list, Nov 4, 2026; varies by address

80–100 Mbps down, 15–35 Mbps up

1–2 people who browse, stream in HD and take the odd video call

Most homes

Residential 200 Mbps

$76.50/mo

National list, Nov 4, 2026; varies by address

80–200 Mbps down, 15–35 Mbps up

most households: 3–4 people, 4K streaming, gaming or daily video calls

Residential Max

$143/mo

National list, Nov 4, 2026; varies by address

up to 400+ Mbps down, 20–40 Mbps up

busy homes of 5+, or several heavy uses at once (adds a Mini rental and 50% off Roam)

Travel (Roam)

Roam 100GB

$55/mo

65–260 Mbps down, 15–35 Mbps up

regular trips with light use: maps, messages, email, some streaming

Roam 300GB

$80/mo

65–260 Mbps down, 15–35 Mbps up

frequent travel or part-time RV life with streaming and work

Roam Unlimited

$175/mo

65–260 Mbps down, 15–35 Mbps up

full-time RVers and remote workers on the road

See which of the six fits 100 vs 200 vs Max

Dishes

Standard, V5 or Mini: which dish should you get?

For a house, get the Standard dish or the newer V5; for travel, get the Mini. The Nov 4, 2026 kit prices on starlink.com put the Standard and the V5 at $349 each to buy (or as a rental, depending on the address) and the Mini at $149. The V5 is smaller and averages 35–50 W average, but it is sold in select areas only, so your address often picks between it and the Standard.

The three dishes on starlink.com, Nov 4, 2026
DishTo buyAverage powerBuilt for
Standard$349 (or a rental, by address)75–100 WA house
V5$349 (select areas)35–50 WA house
Mini$14925–40 WTrips
Drawn to scale from Starlink’s spec sheets (dish face only). The bar shows average power draw on a 0–100 W scale.
Home dishesV5 vs V4Smaller, lighter, about half the power: what the new dish gives up.Read Home or travelV5 vs MiniTwo compact dishes built for different jobs.Read Year oneFirst-year cost comparedRental or purchase, home plan or Roam: twelve months side by side.Compare

Reasons to hold off

When should you hold off on Starlink?

Hold off if fiber or cable already works at your address or is due within about a year, if the dish is for a seasonal home, or if you need internet for one trip, event or storm season. In those cases a kit plus monthly service rarely pays off at the Nov 4, 2026 list prices. The chooser answers “wait” for each of these, and that result carries no order button.

How the chooser picks a planHome answers lead to Residential 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps or Max depending on how many people and heavy uses. Travel answers lead to Roam 100GB, 300GB or Unlimited. Fiber now, fiber or cable coming, seasonal, short-term and business answers lead to wait.Your answersAt homeOn the roadWaitResidential 100 Mbps · light useResidential 200 Mbps · most homesResidential Max · busiest homesRoam 100GB or 300GB · regular tripsRoam Unlimited · full-timeFiber now · fiber or cable coming within a yearSeasonal home · one trip or event · a few trips a yearBusiness · US territory address
The referral button shows only on the green branches. Every “wait” branch ends with advice, not a sale.

For first-time customers

Chose your plan? How the $100 referral credit works

Never had Starlink? Start your starlink.com order from a current customer’s referral link and Starlink gives you $100 in account credit, which the referral terms tie to invoice number two (its help center says it can appear around day 60 after activation). Nothing gets typed in and nothing comes off the checkout total: the kit and first month are charged as usual.

Codes posted online change nothing at checkout: the order-page script we read on Oct 21, 2026 had no field to type one into. The link itself carries the referral, and the order page confirms it as “Referral Code Applied”. Whoever runs this site earns the same $100 when you use our link, which is why a disclosure sits beside every button here.

  1. Day 0Tap a referral buttonStay in the tab it opens
  2. Checkout“Referral Code Applied” showsCheck it before paying
  3. Invoice 1You pay the first monthKit and month one charged in full
  4. ~2 monthsTwo paid billing cyclesResidential or Roam, not Standby
  5. Invoice 2$100 account creditCash instead, if your Referrals tab offers it
Starlink’s referral terms tie the credit to invoice number two of your subscription; the help center puts it at roughly 60 days after activation. It never lowers the checkout total, and SpaceX rules on every referral.

It counts when…

  • You’ve never had a Starlink account.
  • The dish will serve an address in a US state or Washington, DC (territories unconfirmed).
  • The order is placed on starlink.com, starting from the link, and paid in the tab it opened.
  • It’s a Residential or Roam order for yourself, not a business. Rented kits are unconfirmed.
  • The plan runs two complete billing cycles at full speed (Standby months don’t count).

It’s lost when…

  • The kit comes from a store or marketplace rather than starlink.com.
  • You had a Starlink account before, or the order is for a business.
  • You come back later in a fresh tab. The starlink.com script we looked at on Oct 21, 2026 kept the referral only in whichever tab the link started; Starlink publishes no such rule, so pay there to be safe. A missed referral can’t be attached after the order.
  • Starlink rules out your rented kit: its terms speak of buying a kit and say nothing about rentals.

Four checks at checkout

  1. Settle on a plan first; the chooser at the top takes a minute.
  2. Open starlink.com from a referral button and stay in that tab.
  3. Type your service address and select the plan.
  4. Confirm the page reads “Referral Code Applied”, then pay.
Back to the chooser

The final say on every referral is SpaceX’s. It can change the program with 30 days’ notice, and rewards may be taxable. Read Starlink’s Referral Program Terms (the Oct 7, 2026 version, still current on Nov 4, 2026).

For first-timers

How does Starlink reach your house?

Starlink is internet relayed by thousands of satellites in low orbit. The dish at your home talks to whichever satellite is overhead, so no cable or phone line has to reach the house.

  • The dish aims itself. It steers its beam electronically and wants open sky overhead; trees or a roofline in the way cause dropouts.
  • A Wi-Fi router comes in the box. Starlink rates Router 3 for 3,200 sq ft and Router Mini for 2,200 sq ft.
  • Latency is on the map, not the plan. Starlink publishes it on its coverage map rather than per plan, and says remote places such as Alaska see higher latency.
How Starlink gets internet to your homeSatellites in low Earth orbit relay data between the dish at your home and a ground station connected to the internet. Inside, the router shares the connection over Wi-Fi to phones, laptops and TVs.Satellites in low Earth orbit pass overheadDish + router at homeWi-Fi to your devicesinternetGround station
Data travels from your devices to the router, up from the dish to a satellite passing overhead, and down to a ground station that connects to the internet. The dish tracks satellites electronically; nothing on it moves.
White two-story farmhouse with a front porch and stone chimney at the far side of a wide pasture, with wooded hills behind under an overcast sky
Starlink’s home plans are built for places like this: one fixed address, often far from cable or fiber.Photo: Warren LeMay (CC0) · license · source

Keep choosing

Next reads for narrowing it down

Which of the six US Starlink plans fits you?The six US Starlink plans in one table, with dated national-list prices, speeds and data, plus a clear rule for picking the one that matches your home.Read Residential 100 Mbps vs 200 Mbps vs MaxWhich Starlink home plan fits your household? Speeds, priority, free install, the Mini travel extra and a dated year of each plan, with a clear pick.Read Is Starlink worth it for you?When Starlink is worth the money for a US household, when it isn’t, and what the first year adds up to, with six situations where waiting is smarter.Read Compare the first year of the plans you’re choosing betweenPut two Starlink plans or kits side by side over twelve months: kit or rental activation, service at the dated list level and checkout extras.Read Starlink V5 vs V4 (Standard 4 X)The new Starlink V5 home dish vs the V4 (Standard 4 X): size, weight, power use, peak speed, router and price, from Starlink’s own spec sheets.Read Starlink V5 vs Starlink MiniStarlink V5 vs Mini, two compact dishes for different jobs: power draw, Wi-Fi, weather ratings, plans and prices, and which one belongs at your house.Read

Before you choose

What do buyers check before picking a plan?

Each answer is checked against Starlink’s own pages. More in plan and kit questions.

Which plan do most households end up with?

Homes of three or four people who stream, game or take daily calls usually fit Residential 200 Mbps. One or two light users can take Residential 100 Mbps where Starlink sells it, and a house with five or more heavy users at once fits Max. The three home tiers compared.

What do the six plans cost each month?

Starlink’s nationwide list on Nov 4, 2026 read $49.50/mo for the 100 Mbps home tier, $76.50/mo for 200 Mbps and $143/mo for Max. Each address can land on a different home price, which starlink.com reveals after the address is entered. Roam is the same nationwide: $55/mo, $80/mo and $175/mo. All six side by side.

Will my home kit be rented or bought?

Starlink decides by address. Some addresses get a rental with a one-off activation charge ($0, $99 or $199); others buy the dish for $349. A rental can’t be paused and has to be returned within 30 days of cancelling. Compare the first year either way.

Should a house get the Mini instead of a full-size dish?

Usually not. Starlink describes the Mini as “for basic internet use”, and its built-in Wi-Fi is rated for about 1,200 sq ft. For a house, the Standard dish or the V5 fits better; the Mini earns its place on trips, where its 25–40 W draw matters. V5 vs Mini.

Dated, not guessed. Each price is stamped with the day starlink.com’s order list was read. Changes go in the changelog.

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Starlink referral reward · US

$100

from Starlink, for new customers who order through a referral link

Chooser done? Your order can carry a $100 referral credit.

Referral link · we earn a reward if you order. First-time US customers ordering on starlink.com are credited $100 by Starlink after two paid months, with a matching $100 going to whoever runs this site. Which Starlink is independent of SpaceX and Starlink.

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