Starlink raises US plan prices $5 to $10 a month and doubles Standby Mode to $10

What changed

Starlink emailed US customers about price changes in mid-May 2026. Drive Tesla Canada and Mobile Internet Resource Center published the figures on 2026-05-16. Residential and Roam plans went up $5 to $10 a month, and Standby Mode doubled from $5 to $10. Mobile Internet Resource Center says the new prices applied at once to new customers and from the June 18 billing date or later for existing ones.

Starlink’s email, as quoted by Drive Tesla Canada, said pricing “has remained unchanged for most Residential customers for the past several years” and that the change supports investment “as global operating costs continue to rise.”

Who it affects

Every US Residential and Roam customer, and anyone who keeps a dish on Standby. On a farm, Standby is the setting some people use for a dish at a seasonal building or camera site. It costs less than a full plan but keeps a slow connection.

What it means for your setup

Standby is now $120 a year instead of $60. At 500 Kbps it can carry camera alerts and firmware updates, not live video. If you keep a second dish on Standby just to reach a camera or two, compare that yearly cost with a one-time bridge pair back to the house. The planner shows bridge parts with dated prices.

Plan prices themselves are not a farm-network question, and we don’t track them here. This post is background for the Standby math.

A quick worked example, using the prices above. A second dish kept on Standby all year at a camera site now costs $120 a year in service alone, and at 500 Kbps it still can’t show live video. If that site is within reach of a building that already has full service, a bridge pair is a one-time purchase. Our parts data in the planner carries dated bridge prices; check them on the day, because gear prices move too. If the site is too far or blocked for a bridge, Standby may still be the cheapest way to get alerts out, but now it costs twice as much as it did in spring.

What to do now

• If you pay for Standby on a second dish, look at your bill and ask whether a bridge or cable to that site would pay for itself.
• If you’re on a Residential plan, check the price on your next bill against the table above.

What stays the same

• Standby Mode’s 500 Kbps unlimited low-speed data.
• Which plans can use Standby (rented Residential kits can’t; see our June post).

What we don’t know yet

• Whether more price changes are planned. Starlink gave no schedule.