Starlink has stopped offering roaming plans to in Africa, making it impossible for new customers to access the service from South Africa.
SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service has halted sales of its roaming plans in all African countries, making it more difficult and expensive for all future and certain existing South African customers to use the service.
One possible reason for the roaming crackdown in Africa is that users in countries without official support are saturating logistics capacity and stock in areas where Starlink demand is already high. According to Stellar Systems, an authorised Starlink retailer in Zambia, the “misuse” of the roam plans by user in unofficially supported countries may lead to the permanent shutdown of the roaming feature.
Strictly speaking, it is still against Starlink’s Terms of Service to use its roaming packages in areas where it has not received official approval — including South Africa. Customers with Starlink roaming subscriptions must use it from their registered country at least once every two months, or their access will be suspended.
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