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The cost varies by country. They give the order link right there. You punch in address and it shows you the price.

So yes, it's answered.

I usually search for things like "price", "costs", "check for service" etc. Things that indicate "this is where you find the price". Hiding it behind the "order" button is just silly because I'm not going to order before I know how much it costs!

I agree. They should turn the Order now button into Get price and order now. Plenty of space for that.

Btw, the quote I got is

Hardware €644.00

Shipping & Handling €75.00

Service €124.00 /mo

Due Today €719.00

That's for an address in Italy. Four times as much as I'm paying for a truly unlimited 4G connection (some 30 Mb/s maximum, I'm far away from the base station.) I'm paying 7.95 for the 4G SIM in my phone, capped at 90 GB per month, similar speed at home, different base station.

If you have access to solid 3GPP (LTE) based wireless last mile at a good price your location is not the target market for starlink.

Italian internet is extremely cheap TBH

Four times the price of fully unlimited 4G for a much better connection with more availability than 4G seems fair to me.

If you don't need starlink, then don't get it.

But if you have a cabin in the Italian alps where its either Starlink or else, then 124 / month seems like a much better deal than having no internet at all. Particularly if with those 124 / month then one or more people can live there and work earning multiple thousand euros per month of income (vs zero income living there without Starlink).

> I'm not going to order before I know how much it costs!

A logical conclusion to this is that, if you begin the order flow, you will discover the price before finally submitting your order.

This may be intentional. For example, if demand for their service is still exceeding supply, they may be targeting customers who are less price conscious.

Actually, in my case I put my address and got the next screen asking for PII with the text:

  > Deposit Due Today $99.00

But no final price. The service is not yet available in my area, the site says that it is expected in 2023, so presumably they do not know how to price it yet. That makes one wary to put down a deposit.

Mine shows the same deposit and price of $110 /mo. Along with $599 for equipment.

Midwest.

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