Starlink has added a huge price hike to its Nigerian customers, and this has implications for future customers in South Africa.
Starlink has added major price hikes for its Nigerian customers, with roaming now 234 percent more expensive, revealing implications for the company’s future in South Africa.
Nearly two years after launching in Nigeria, satellite internet provider Starlink says it is doubling the price of subscription plans it offers there, despite the cost of living crisis gripping the West African country. A subsidiary of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, Starlink says it is hiking the price so significantly because of rampant inflation gripping the nation.
Meanwhile, customers that use Starlink to roam – allowing them to use the kit outside their homes and workplaces in Nigeria – will see a nearly 234 percent price increase, from $30 to $100 per month. This is over R1 700 in South Africa. South Africans will likely then see the same prices that our neighbours have to pay, namely around $50 or ~R864.91 for the standard residential plan and around $100 or ~R1 729.91 for the plan that allows for roaming, per month.In total, your first month of Starlink roaming could cost you around R14 729 in South Africa, or R12 864 for the residential plan.
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