The less expensive plan has some caveats. It's half the speed of the Residential plan, which boasts download speeds of 100 to 270Mbps. In addition, Starlink acknowledges that Residential Lite plans will be the first to be deprioritized, which may result in lower speeds during peak hours.

T-Satellite adds support for multimedia messaging, meaning you can send images, audio, and even video in cellular dead zones, but only on certain phones.

"Some satellites were detected emitting in bands where no signals are supposed to be present at all, such as the 703 satellites we identified at 150.8 MHz, which is meant to be protected for radio astronomy," study lead Dylan Grigg, a Ph.D. candidate at Curtin University, said in a statement.

Starlink experienced an outage Thursday afternoon that went on for 2.5 hours and took down tens of thousands of peopl

Elon Musk’s potent satellite internet system, Starlink, experienced a widespread outage on Thursday, July 24, 2025

A Democratic senator on Monday urged SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to block transnational criminal groups in Southeast Asia from using Starlink satellite internet service to commit fraud against Americans.

That’s a reasonable concern. While most subscribers are meeting the 100Mbps download speed threshold, Starlink’s median upload speeds are just 14.84Mbps, falling short of the FCC's broadband definition, which ISPs must meet to receive BEAD money.

Criminals in Myanmar have long used SpaceX's satellite internet service to connect from remote areas and conduct online fraud. Sen. Maggie Hassan wants Elon to pull the plug.

Senator Maggie Hassan has raised concerns about Starlink's use by criminal organizations in Southeast Asia to perpetrate scams against Americans, resu

A letter to GSA seeks information surrounding the xAI tool following FedScoop reporting that revealed the agency’s testing of the platform.

The Starlink Mini is a convenient option for on-the-go internet for a particular reason: the way its power consumption works.