Starlink’s Fair Use Policy describes how we manage our network traffic and assign customer data based on the Service Plan.
Deprioritized Service Plan. The Deprioritized Service Plan assigns an unlimited amount of deprioritized data each month to customers. Deprioritized data that is assigned to users is always deprioritized as compared to other Starlink Fixed Service Plans, resulting in degraded Service and slower speeds in congested areas and during peak hours. Deprioritized Service users are able to upgrade to Standard or Priority Service Plans. The Deprioritized Service Plan is designed for personal, family, or household use. See the Starlink Specifications for details on the expected performance per Service Plan. Service activation and associated billing cannot be paused. Starlink seeks to distribute Deprioritized data among our users in a fair and equitable manner. If bandwidth patterns consistently exceed what is allocated to a typical residential user, Starlink may take network management measures, such as temporarily reducing a customer’s speeds, to prevent or mitigate congestion of the Services. Deprioritized Service Plan customers with high bandwidth needs should consider upgrading to a Standard or Priority Service Plan. See the Terms of Service and the FAQs for more details.
Data Amount & Type | Unlimited, Deprioritized Data |
Price for Additional Priority Data | Unavailable, Must Upgrade to Priority Plans |
Standard Service Plan. The Standard Service Plan assigns an unlimited amount of “Standard” data each month to customers. The Standard Service Plan is designed for personal, family, or household use. See the Starlink Specifications for details on the expected performance per Service Plan. Starlink seeks to distribute Standard data among our users in a fair and equitable manner. If bandwidth patterns consistently exceed what is allocated to a typical residential user, Starlink may take network management measures, such as temporarily reducing a customer’s speeds, to prevent or mitigate congestion of the Services. Bandwidth intensive applications, such as streaming videos, gaming, or downloading large files are most likely to be impacted by such actions. Standard Service Plan customers with high bandwidth needs should consider upgrading to a Priority Service Plan. See the Terms of Service and the FAQs for more details.
Data Amount & Type | Unlimited, Standard Data |
Price for Additional Priority Data | Unavailable, Must Upgrade to Priority Plans |
Priority Service Plans. The Priority Service Plans assign a set amount of “Priority” data to customers each month. Priority Service Plans are designed for high demand users, such as those with business, government or institutional needs. Priority data is given network precedence over Standard and Mobile data, meaning users will experience faster and more consistent download and upload speeds. See Starlink Specifications for details on the expected performance per Service Plan. Customers who exhaust and have not purchased additional Priority data will be allocated an unlimited amount of Standard data for the remainder of the month. Customers with Standard data will experience slower speeds and reduced performance compared to customers with Priority data and bandwidth intensive applications, such as hosting video conferencing, large file downloads, or supporting a high volume of users simultaneously, are most likely to be impacted. See the Terms of Service and the FAQs for more details.
Data Amount & Type | 40GB, Priority Data | 1TB, Priority Data | 2TB, Priority Data | 6TB, Priority Data |
Data Type & Amount After Service Plan Cap | Unlimited, Standard Data | Unlimited, Standard Data | Unlimited, Standard Data | Unlimited, Standard Data |
Price for Additional Priority Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data |
Mobile Service Plan. The Mobile Service Plan assigns an unlimited amount of “Mobile” data each month to customers. Mobile data is designed for low demand, portable, land-based use, such as camping or nomadic living. Mobile data that is assigned to Mobile users is always deprioritized as compared to other Starlink Service Plans, resulting in degraded Service and slower speeds in congested areas and during peak hours. Stated speeds and uninterrupted use of the Service are not guaranteed and are highly dependent on geographical areas. Mobile data is not available on the open seas. See Starlink Specifications for details on the expected performance per Service Plan. Bandwidth intensive applications, such as streaming video and gaming are most likely to be impacted. Mobile users with high bandwidth, in-motion or ocean needs should consider upgrading to a Mobile Priority Service Plan or opting into paying for Mobile Priority data per GB under their Mobile Service Plan. See the Terms of Service and the FAQs for more details.
Data Amount & Type | Unlimited Regional or Unlimited Global, Mobile Data |
Price for Mobile Priority Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data |
Mobile Priority Service Plans. Mobile Priority Service Plans assign a set amount of “Mobile Priority” data each month based the Plan. Mobile Priority Service Plans are designed for in-motion users who want global land plus open water access, such as shippers and sailors. Mobile Priority data under these Plans are given network precedence over Standard and Mobile data. See Starlink Specifications for details on the expected performance per Service Plan. After a user’s Mobile Priority data is exhausted each month, the behavior of the Service will depend on the area of operation:
For inland coverage (including lakes and rivers), users of the Mobile Priority Service Plans will receive unlimited Mobile data, which will result in slower speeds and degradation of bandwidth intensive applications during times of network congestion.
While in the open water, once Mobile Priority data is exhausted, users will be unable to connect to the internet except to access their Starlink Account on www.starlink.com, where additional Mobile Priority data can be purchased, so that a user may reconnect to the internet.
See the Terms of Service and the FAQs for more details.
Data Amount & Type | 50GB, Mobile Priority Data | 1TB, Mobile Priority Data | 5TB, Mobile Priority Data | 10TB, Mobile Priority Data | 15TB, Mobile Priority Data | Unlimited Mobile Priority Data |
Data Type & Amount After Limit on Land | Unlimited, Mobile Data | Unlimited, Mobile Data | Unlimited, Mobile Data | Unlimited, Mobile Data | Unlimited, Mobile Data | Unlimited, Mobile Data |
Data Type & Amount After Limit on Open Water | No Internet; Access to Starlink Account Only | No Internet; Access to Starlink Account Only | No Internet; Access to Starlink Account Only | No Internet; Access to Starlink Account Only | No Internet; Access to Starlink Account Only | Not Applicable |
Price for Additional Mobile Priority Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Click For Country Specific Pricing for Additional Data | Not Applicable |
Eligible customers can track their monthly data usage and purchase additional Priority or Mobile Priority data at any time via the Starlink App and on the Starlink Customer Portal by opting into being automatically charged for more Priority or Mobile Priority data once they hit the limit under their Service Plan. Once a customer opts-in, they will be automatically billed for additional GB used until they opt-out. Excess data usage per month will also be displayed on a customer’s monthly invoice. Additional details on Priority or Mobile Priority data fees and billing can found in the Starlink FAQs and Terms of Service.
See Starlink Specifications for details on Starlink expected performance data per Service Plan. Stated speeds and uninterrupted use of Services are not guaranteed. Actual speeds may be lower during times of high usage. Starlink may temporarily reduce speeds if our network is congested.