Starlink’s Dishy McFlatface internet now available for Boaty McBoatfaces — just $5,000 per month
by Thomas Ricker from The Verge - All Posts on (#616Q7)
Starlink Maritime now available. | Image: Starlink
Starlink's internet-from-space service continues expanding to new use cases with the launch of Starlink Maritime. What started in the home before expanding to stationary RVs is now available for boats on the move, at a cost of $5,000 a month. SpaceX is targeting merchant vessels, oil rigs, and wealthy owners of superyachts with the service.
Starlink Maritime also requires a one-time $10,000 purchase of two ruggedized high performance Starlink dishes which ship in about two weeks, according to the US order page. By comparison, the hardware for Starlink's Residential and RV services costs $599 and includes a single (smaller) Dishy McFlatface" (as the dish is known to fans), with monthly subscriptions of $110 for the home service or $135...