Starlink is taking 30% to 50% off its Roam and Residential plans for new sign-ups in select areas, and the offer runs until November 30.
Roam is the portable plan; Residential is the home service. The discount is aimed at new customers, and the size of the cut depends on the area.
The open question is how long the lower price lasts. Starlink customer service says the discounted prices apply indefinitely. That sits awkwardly beside a November 30 cutoff, which on its face limits when you can sign up, not how long you pay. Both can be true: a closing date for the offer, then a permanent price for anyone who got in.
But that assurance is a support agent's word, and SpaceX, Starlink's parent company, has a history of sudden plan changes. A company that adjusts plans on short notice can also reprice them on short notice, whatever an agent said at sign-up.
That makes the real difference between a promotional price and a permanent price cut. They look identical on the day you order and diverge only when the terms change. For a buyer weighing the offer, the safer assumption is that the November 30 deadline is firm and the indefinite pricing is a verbal commitment. A price quoted by a support agent is a statement; a price written into an account's terms is something a customer can hold the company to.