{"id":9596,"date":"2026-06-10T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:01:12","slug":"starlink-charges-10-monthly-hardware-fee-in-move-away-from-one-time-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9596","title":{"rendered":"Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong><br \/>\n                    Jon Brodkin<br \/>\n                <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 9, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Starlink has started charging a $10 monthly rental fee for hardware in a shift away from its longtime practice of selling hardware to customers for a one-time charge.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink residential ordering pages now show an upfront hardware cost of $0 and a monthly kit fee of $10, similar to the hardware rental fees long charged by cable and telecom companies. Starlink hardware includes a terminal to receive satellite signals and a router to place in a user&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly kit fee is in addition to Internet service prices, which Starlink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/starlink-raises-prices-adding-5-to-10-on-monthly-plans\">recently raised<\/a> by $5 to $10 per month. Starlink is charging $55 a month for 100Mbps, $85 for 200Mbps, and $130 for the &#8220;Max&#8221; tier that can go up to 400Mbps. Starlink also provides a professional-installation service for a one-time fee of $199, or for no additional charge if you subscribe to the Max plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/06\/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/06\/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/06\/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Brodkin &bull; June 9, 2026 Starlink has started charging a $10 monthly rental fee for hardware in a shift away from its longtime practice of selling hardware to customers for a one-time charge. Starlink residential ordering pages now show an upfront hardware cost of $0 and a monthly kit fee of $10, similar to<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9596\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}