{"id":4412,"date":"2023-10-17T06:53:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skynetwave.com\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2023-10-17T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:59:12","slug":"starlink-vs-starlink-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skynetwave.com\/starlink-vs-starlink-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Vs. Starlink Business: A Comparison Between Two Different Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starlink might be meant for the underserved rural people, but a Starlink Vs. Starlink Business comparison is necessary for users moving from Starlink business vs. personal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Starlink Personal, Starlink Business offers almost double the speed with powerful upgraded equipment. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink business\u2019s high-performance dish covers 35% more of the sky to remain aligned to satellites within its location\u2019s cells. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Starlink Residential and Business have similar latency, Business Starlink gives users a public static IP to set up a personal business profile with email and a website.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll tell you more about Starlink Business\u2019s upgraded features and how they compare against Personal Starlink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business vs. Personal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starlink has several plans fit for every subscriber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Starlink Residential or Starlink Personal is the most common plan, with its users mostly being people in permanent homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business is also popular with businesses that operate in rural locations and want reliable internet services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two models serve different classes of users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other plans include Starlink ROAM(Starlink RV)<\/a> for land travelers, Starlink Maritime for marine operations and Starlink Aviation for fast satellite internet in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal Starlink and Business vary in virtually every category. Let\u2019s break it down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starlink Business Cost Vs. Starlink Residential<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The cost difference between Residential and Business Starlink is glaring, and for good cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Residential currently costs $120 in the U.S. and closer areas. Worldwide, costs range from $90 to $164 per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t counting the $599 equipment fee for the standard Starlink Residential kit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Starlink Business costs $500 monthly in all territories(at least 60 countries) where Starlink is available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, it carries a $2500 equipment cost for the vastly different kit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business Equipment Vs. Starlink Residential<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of equipment, the Business and Residential kits are miles apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Starlink Business equipment package features a bigger, upgraded High-Performance dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dish is enhanced to cover 35% more sky in an area with minimal obstructions to capture more signals from low-earth orbit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, it can recover faster when a satellite is out of the designated cell. Therefore, it ensures you get more uptime if there is any interruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not all. The High-Performance dish is optimized to handle bad weather. It is heavier and withstands strong wind, heavy snow, and rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, it\u2019s not to say that Starlink Residential\u2019s equipment is a performance slouch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Residential kit includes a router, cables (Starlink cable, ethernet cable, router cable), default tripod mount, and the Gen-2 dish light enough for DIY home installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes it easy to carry around, especially when you need to mount it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must point out that the Starlink Business High-performance dish needs more power than Starlink Residential to run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It uses twice the power per hour(1 kW\/h) that a regular Starlink personal dish uses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business Speeds Vs. Starlink Residential<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business targets businesses and government entities that rely on high speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, Starlink Business subscribers get 200-250 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, Starlink Residential targets homes that need reliable and fast speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while speeds for Residential subscribers may not hit the 200 Mbps mark, they do hit 90-110 Mbs download and 5-20 Mbps upload speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the speeds wouldn\u2019t be so impressive if latency was high. Fortunately, both plans offer about 20-50 ms latency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these speeds and latency rates are subject to network availability, peak and off-peak hours and bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business IP Address Vs. Starlink Residential<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Private company email <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another glaring difference between Starlink Business is the addressing system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business subscribers get a public static IP address. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike residential Starlink, business users can host a personal business website, have a personalized business email and have a VPN to protect their incoming and outgoing traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Residential users get a router with CGNAT, a feature where multiple users share a public address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 CGNAT limits the exhaustion of public usable addresses. However, it also limits interactive online gaming that relies on external incoming traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To unlock the limitations, you must implement workarounds such as port forwarding<\/a> and router bypassing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business Priority Data Vs. Starlink Residential<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priority data is the data the network allocates you to exhaust before lowering you to a lower tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business users can choose a plan that offers 50 GB priority data up to 6 TB for higher consumers like big enterprises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the opposite end, Starlink Residential users access only 1 TB of priority data before getting bumped downwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business Customer Service and Support Vs. Starlink Residential <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to other legacy ISPs, Starlink customer care has a longer response time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Starlink Business subscribers get a better customer care experience than Starlink Residential users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business users have priority support. They have dedicated communication channels with dedicated representatives attending to their needs promptly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet unlike the Business subscribers, Starlink Personal users have to wait at least 72 hours after submitting a ticket for customer service assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They do not get priority service. However, some users report that the wait time can be between 24 and 72 hours<\/a> after submitting a ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business Availability Vs. Starlink Residential <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Starlink Business is a more recent plan compared to the Residential plan. Therefore, it is arguably available to more subscribers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, since it is recent, its coverage might be limited only to some areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Starlink Residential is more globally available. That availability is a problem. Due to its sheer high demand, it has a waitlist<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The waitlist features subscribers who\u2019ve put down the $99 deposit while waiting for the service to become available in their areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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