This is only aimed at people who have no other alternative.

To me that would seem like reason enough to provide it for a reasonable price.

We shall agree to disagree on this matter.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Starlink are doing referrals again (or maybe they had started again and I just failed to notice) - but anyway - if you do decide you want to give them a go, PM me and I'll send you my referral code.

You get a free month of service and I get the equivalent.

Many thanks. The house in question has slipped to ‘also ran’ status now, for other reasons .

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Starlink are doing referrals again (or maybe they had started again and I just failed to notice) - but anyway - if you do decide you want to give them a go, PM me and I'll send you my referral code.

You get a free month of service and I get the equivalent.

Many thanks. The house in question has slipped to ‘also ran’ status now, for other reasons .

No worries. Understood. House searches go like that.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

£85 a month ?

No wonder he is so damn wealthy.

How about you get a bit more philanthropic Elon ?

For completeness - other packages are currently available:

- £40 for the residential 100 Mbps service (unlimited data)
- £60 for the residential 200 Mbps service (unlimited data)

The £80 package is up to 400 Mbps with 'unlimited' data

Edit: for more thoroughness / completeness. I will also mention the "Local Priority Subscription" which in Starlink's words is:

"Priority, high-speed service for businesses and other high-demand users for in-motion use within one country. ALL plans include priority support, public IP, and a telemetry dashboard. The priority plans give you the flexibility to match your data needs. Choose from one of our preset plans, and adjust it to your needs by adding blocks of data in increments of 50GB or 500GB.'

That costs £20 per month and data is bought on top of that in either 50GB chunks @ £15 per chunk (£0.30 per GB) or 500GB chunks at £75 per chunk (£0.15 per GB)

Edited by Pheasant (Thu 10-Sep-26 11:24:28)

Its worth saying that its not just about affordability for some people, I have the means to pay far-far more than I do now for a broadband but I refuse to pay through the nose for it.

I know we all have different approach's to spending, I have friends who spends ever penny they have each month on the best of everything including duplicates of stuff they don't even use or need. I have the approach of being more frugal so I have a 900Mbps service from Plusnet rather than paying other providers a lot more for a similar level of service.

In reply to a post by Taras:

Sadly oneweb is expensive.

I missed this 😅 but you’d have to have an absolutely zealot-like hatred of Elon to use Oneweb. Even if you could buy it (through your Caymans registered tax efficient company) the plans start around $600 a month. There’s just no point even going there.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Mrs.Z and I are (still) trying to move.
the available broadband is awful. VDSL 20 down 2 up. FTTP is not shown as in the next year or less.
Starlink, is it a usable service ?

A few random points:

1. A house without FTTP availability in 2026 should be appropriately (heavily) discounted - do not assume that FTTP will become available at a future date and resale value will be impacted
2. Starlink uses CGNAT IIRC make sure that is acceptable and you understand what services it has issues with
3. Many people "manage" with less than 20/2 - I wouldn't say it is awful especially if it is a reliable 20/2 which it probably isn't
4. Starlink as a stop gap is probably a very expensive acceptable alternative but I think the house would have to be something very VERY special if I was in your position

Edited by think26872 (Fri 11-Sep-26 19:45:15)

In reply to a post by think26872:

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Mrs.Z and I are (still) trying to move.
the available broadband is awful. VDSL 20 down 2 up. FTTP is not shown as in the next year or less.
Starlink, is it a usable service ?

A few random points:

1. A house without FTTP availability in 2026 should be appropriately (heavily) discounted - do not assume that FTTP will become available at a future date and resale value will be impacted

Alternative view: you may be able to get the house at a deep discount, which more than covers the cost of Starlink or a leased line for many years, and if you do keep it for a while there's a good chance that FTTP will come along and the price will bounce back up.

Starlink isn't really that expensive, if you compare £75 per month to a typical £35 broadband contract: £40 per month =~ £500 per year extra.

In reply to a post by think26872:

2. Starlink uses CGNAT IIRC make sure that is acceptable and you understand what services it has issues with

Mobile phone companies almost exclusively use CGNAT too, so it's no different to running your house off 4G/5G. And Starlink does provide IPv6, which not all mobile networks do.

In reply to a post by think26872:

1. A house without FTTP availability in 2026 should be appropriately (heavily) discounted - do not assume that FTTP will become available at a future date and resale value will be impacted

That may be wishful thinking, rather than borne in reality. Care to give us some evidence of this?

2. Starlink uses CGNAT IIRC make sure that is acceptable and you understand what services it has issues with

Not completely true. As I posted above there is a Starlink plan available in the UK that provides a public IP address.

4. Starlink as a stop gap is probably a very expensive acceptable alternative but I think the house would have to be something very VERY special if I was in your position

Again check the prices I quoted above, starting at £40 for an unlimited 100Mbps resi plan

In reply to a post by Banger:

I saw a little note somewhere the other day that heavy users were being throttled to 10mbps so if Mrs Z works from home it might be a consideration.

According to a similar article, Starlink have now reversed their stance on these ultra heavy downloaders…

https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/167264/spacex-backtr...