• It's always something

    From bfh@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 22 19:54:52 2022
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    Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit is increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for all new
    orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly service
    price will increase from $99 to $110. The new price will apply to your subscription on 5/17/2022.

    The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising
    inflation. If you do not wish to continue your service, you can cancel
    at any time and return your Starlink hardware within your first year
    of service for a partial refund of $200. If you have received your
    Starlink in the past 30 days, you can return it for a full refund. --------------------------------------------
    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to bfh on Tue Mar 22 17:16:46 2022
    On 3/22/2022 4:54 PM, bfh wrote:
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    Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit is increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for all new orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly service price
    will increase from $99 to $110. The new price will apply to your
    subscription on 5/17/2022.

    The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising
    inflation. If you do not wish to continue your service, you can cancel
    at any time and return your Starlink hardware within your first year of service for a partial refund of $200. If you have received your Starlink
    in the past 30 days, you can return it for a full refund. --------------------------------------------

    Kewl! Think of it as an investment. You could already sell it for a
    nice profit. ;-)

    They told you that you were getting the beta version price for the service. I would expect it to higher when they're out of beta.

    TB

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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Tue Mar 22 21:01:19 2022
    Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 4:54 PM, bfh wrote:
    -----------------------------------------------
    Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit
    is increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for
    all new orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly
    service price will increase from $99 to $110. The new price will
    apply to your subscription on 5/17/2022.

    The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising
    inflation. If you do not wish to continue your service, you can
    cancel at any time and return your Starlink hardware within your
    first year of service for a partial refund of $200. If you have
    received your Starlink in the past 30 days, you can return it for a
    full refund.
    --------------------------------------------

        Kewl! Think of it as an investment. You could already sell it for
    a nice profit. ;-)

        They told you that you were getting the beta version price for
    the service. I would expect it to higher when they're out of beta.


    "The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising inflation.", they told me in an email. It's an email, not Fox News. It
    must be true.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to bfh on Tue Mar 22 19:08:17 2022
    On 3/22/2022 6:01 PM, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 4:54 PM, bfh wrote:
    -----------------------------------------------
    Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit
    is increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for all
    new orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly
    service price will increase from $99 to $110. The new price will
    apply to your subscription on 5/17/2022.

    The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising
    inflation. If you do not wish to continue your service, you can
    cancel at any time and return your Starlink hardware within your
    first year of service for a partial refund of $200. If you have
    received your Starlink in the past 30 days, you can return it for a
    full refund.
    --------------------------------------------

         Kewl! Think of it as an investment. You could already sell it for >> a nice profit. ;-)

         They told you that you were getting the beta version price for
    the service. I would expect it to higher when they're out of beta.


     "The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising inflation.", they told me in an email. It's an email, not Fox News. It
    must be true.


    And, the going forward part:

    "Since launching our public beta service in October 2020, the Starlink
    team has tripled the number of satellites in orbit, quadrupled the
    number of ground stations and made continuous improvements to our
    network. Going forward, users can expect Starlink to maintain its
    cadence of continuous network improvements as well as new feature
    additions. "

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Tue Mar 22 19:10:20 2022
    On 3/22/2022 5:16 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 4:54 PM, bfh wrote:
    -----------------------------------------------
    Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit is
    increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for all new
    orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly service
    price will increase from $99 to $110. The new price will apply to your
    subscription on 5/17/2022.

    The sole purpose of these adjustments is to keep pace with rising
    inflation. If you do not wish to continue your service, you can cancel
    at any time and return your Starlink hardware within your first year
    of service for a partial refund of $200. If you have received your
    Starlink in the past 30 days, you can return it for a full refund.
    --------------------------------------------

        Kewl! Think of it as an investment. You could already sell it for a nice profit. ;-)

        They told you that you were getting the beta version price for the service. I would expect it to higher when they're out of beta.

    TB

    Actually - beta ended last year.

    https://www.starlinkhardware.com/is-starlink-still-in-beta/

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