Starlink News

A Starlink dish on its kickstand on gravel, with a coiled cable, the router on a stand, and a portable power station laid out in a line beside it.
Starlink Off-Grid Power in 2026: Watts, Battery and Solar Sizing
Starlink now publishes watts for every kit: Mini X 25-40 W, V5 35-50 W, Standard 4 75-100 W. What that means for battery amp-hours, panels and the DC-DC supply. Read more...
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Starlink for Gaming in 2026: Latency, Jitter and What a Wired Setup Actually Changes
Starlink's median peak-hour latency is 25.7 ms, but a handoff roughly every 15 s spikes it to 100-200 ms. What that costs by genre, and what a wired setup fixes. Read more...
Starlink Roam rule change: the abroad allowance per trip drops from 60 days to 30 on Roam Unlimited, Roam 100 GB and 300 GB become home-region only, and Global Roam is discontinued.
Starlink Roam's New International Rules, Effective 17 August 2026
Starlink Roam Unlimited caps international use at 30 days per trip from 17 August 2026. What changed, which plans lost travel entirely, and what the options are. Read more...
Starlink Mini in a protective travel case on gravel, with a phone showing a 156 Mbit/s speed test result after a router reboot.
How to Reboot Starlink: Four Methods, and Which One You Need
The app now has two reboots, and on the V5 and Mini unplugging the router no longer powers the dish. Which method to use, and which one erases your settings. Read more...