Starlink Mini Users Just Lost Their Beloved Pause Feature

The Starlink Mini successful Denmark. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

Starlink now charges $5 a period to region its high-speed, low-latency net service, a characteristic that utilized to beryllium disposable for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers successful nan US, astir of Europe, and Canada pinch lots of exceptions.

SpaceX hilariously calls it an upgrade, but I telephone it a bait and move for anyone that bought a Starlink Mini pinch that "pay arsenic you go" promise.

The free region characteristic has been replaced pinch a $5/month (or €5/month) Standby Mode that comes pinch "unlimited low-speed data" that's "perfect for backup connectivity and emergency use," according to nan email sent to subscribers. Some early testin …

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