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Emu Heights is RURAL AUSTRALIA: Starlink aggressively targeting Rural Australia with $199 deal

Elon Musk’s SpaceX team is pumping more Satellites into low-earth-orbit than anyone before them, using them to offer a high-speed internet service across the world. In Australia, the company has made an aggressive stance by offering extraordinary discounts to those in our most rural areas.

With a $139 per month price for the Starlink High Speed internet, it’s a big price compared to fixed-line NBN, however for many Aussie homes anything over 50 or 100mbps just isn’t possible on the NBN.

However the $924 startup price of Starlink was a big barrier to entry for many Aussies, particularly those in rural areas where NBN Satellite was the only option.

Last year, Starlink reduced that to $599 which was huge – but that’s been smashed by a new $199 hardware offer for Rural Australia.

Because there’s no map or definition around “rural” i ran some address checks on the Starlink website.

  • Bathurst – Rural.
  • Springwood – Rural.
  • Emu Heights – Rural
  • Penrith – NOT Rural
  • Pitt Town – NOT Rural.

So look, it’s not perfect, but it’s an amazing deal if you win the “rural” lottery on the Starlink website.

Trevor Long

Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head. He produces and hosts two popular podcasts, EFTM and Two Blokes Talking Tech. He also appears on over 50 radio stations across Australia weekly, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show each day and appears regularly on A Current Affair. Father of three, he is often found down in his Man Cave. Like this post? Buy Trev a drink!

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