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Starlink republished its US Service Plan Descriptions on 2026-10-05: how they line up with the free-month plan list

Starlink's US Service Plan Descriptions now carry a 2026-10-05 date. All eight free-month plans appear in them, alongside several plans that aren't on the list.

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Event
Published
Checklist of plans in the Service Plan Descriptions dated 2026-10-05: Residential tiers and the three Roam plans are on the free-month list; Priority, General Aviation and Personal Maritime are not.
What changed?
Starlink's list of US legal documents shows the Service Plan Descriptions (DOC-1728-44881-79) published 2026-10-05. Starlink doesn't publish a list of edits, and we don't hold the earlier version, so we can't say what changed. We read the current text against the plans Starlink's referral help article says the free month applies to.
When?
Published 2026-10-05 by Starlink. Read by us 2026-10-06. Effective date: not stated separately on the page we read.
Who is affected?
Anyone choosing a plan for a new order, and anyone between ordering and bill two who is thinking about switching plans or pausing.
What should you do now?
At checkout, pick a plan Starlink shows as eligible for the free month, and keep a listed high-speed plan running through two full billing cycles. Screenshot the plan you chose.
What stays the same?
Starlink's Referral Program Terms, as we read them on 2026-10-05, still give a new customer one free month on the eligible plan they pick, credited to the second monthly bill. You still pay month one, still need to order the kit and plan on starlink.com through a current customer's link, and still need two full billing cycles on a high-speed plan (Standby doesn't count). The referral help article still lists the same eight plans: Residential Lite, Residential, Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Residential Max, Roam 100GB, Roam 300GB and Roam Unlimited.

Source

What the 2026-10-05 text describes

The document groups US plans into Fixed plans (Residential Max, Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Residential and Residential Lite), Roam plans (Roam Unlimited, Roam 100GB, Roam 300GB and Personal Maritime) and Priority plans (Local, Global and the General Aviation plans). Standby Mode is described under "Additional Terms."

Every plan on the free-month list appears in the document. Personal Maritime, the Priority plans and the General Aviation plans also appear, and none of those is on the free-month list. Standby is a low-speed pause, and the referral terms exclude it from the two billing cycles.

Lines that matter for free-month readers

Residential plans are described as "designed for personal, family, or household use at a fixed land-based location" and "not permitted for business or enterprise uses." Roam Unlimited carries the same business-use line. If you move to an area where Residential 100 Mbps or 200 Mbps isn't offered, the document says "you may be required to transfer to a different Service Plan available at your new Service address or you may opt to cancel." If that happens before bill three, choose a plan on the free-month list.

One detail doesn't match a press report. The 2026-10-05 text still says Personal Maritime use on "watercraft exceeding 40 ft. in length overall" is prohibited. RV Mobile Internet reported on 2026-09-04 that Starlink had raised that limit to 60 feet. We can't tell from the documents which is current for US customers; check with Starlink if it matters to you. Personal Maritime isn't on the free-month list either way.

Where to go next

See what one free month is worth on each listed plan on the plans page, check the rest of the rules on the eligibility page, and read why Standby ends the free month on our Standby and cancelling page.

What we don’t know yet

  • What was edited in the 2026-10-05 version. Starlink does not publish a change list and we do not hold the previous text.
  • Whether the 40-foot Personal Maritime limit in this document or the 60-foot limit in the 2026-09-04 press report is current for US customers.

Sources

  1. How do I use a referral link? (Starlink help center) StarlinkRead · page last changed
  2. Referral Program Terms, US (starlink.com legal document DOC-1882-84808-83) StarlinkRead · published
  3. How does pausing service work? (Starlink help center) StarlinkRead · page last changed

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