This would let Starlink customers use it at different addresses and in moving vehicles.
Musk also said Friday that Starlink could exit its beta as early as this summer.
Elon Musk said on Friday that SpaceX s satellite internet service, Starlink, should be fully mobile by the end of the year, meaning customers could use it in moving vehicles or at different addresses.
Musk also tweeted that Starlink would probably exit its beta this summer. More than 10,000 people have signed up to Starlink since its Better Than Nothing Beta launched in October 2020.
During beta, customers cannot move their hardware from address to address they can only use it where they registered it.
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SpaceX is spending $1,500 to make each Starlink terminal but customers will only be charged $499, its president says kduffy@insider.com (Kate Duffy) © Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images Elon Musk s Starlink terminal. Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images
Each Starlink terminal used to cost SpaceX $3,000 to make. Now, they ve been reduced to $1,500.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the firm won t charge users the overall cost of the terminal.
She said the price of the terminal should fall to a few hundred dollars in the next year or two.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell on Tuesday said the aerospace company has reduced the cost of each Starlink terminal from $3,000 to $1,500 each.
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Each Starlink terminal used to cost SpaceX $3,000 to make. Now, they ve been reduced to $1,500.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the firm won t charge users the overall cost of the terminal.
She said the price of the terminal should fall to a few hundred dollars in the next year or two.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell on Tuesday said the aerospace company has reduced the cost of each Starlink terminal from $3,000 to $1,500 each.
Starlink customers have to pay $499 for the kit, which includes the user terminal also known as dishy indicating that SpaceX is covering the remaining cost of $1,000 for each one it produces.
Tiered pricing is the norm for US internet providers, but Starlink wants to stay simple and transparent.
Gwynne Shotwell said Starlink wanted to complement American internet giants such as AT&T, not replace them.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday the aerospace company doesn t plan to offer tiered pricing for its Starlink satellite internet service.
Tiered pricing, where companies charge different amounts depending on the level of service, is popular with mainstream internet providers in the US, such as Verizon and Xfinity.
Starlink users currently pay $99 a month for a subscription to the service, which is still in beta, plus $499 for the physical kit, which includes a router, tripod and satellite dish. Once set up, the kit connects to 1,300 Starlink satellites that beam the internet down to Earth.
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