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Starlink vs. T-Mobile Home Internet pricing

As mentioned above, T-Mobile Home Internet is half the cost of Starlink’s cheapest plan at $60 per month compared with $120 with Starlink Standard. A $10 or $20 discount is available to qualifying T-Mobile voice customers, bringing the monthly rate down to $40 or $50. There are no set price increases with T-Mobile Home Internet, and the provider is currently running a unique “price lock,” offering to pay your final bill if the monthly rate ever increases.

Likewise, there are no set price increases with Starlink, but the monthly home internet rate has fluctuated in the short time since service has been available (in fairness, T-Mobile Home Internet rates have shifted from $60 to $50 and back to $60). Starlink’s cheapest plan, and probably the most suitable for everyday home internet, starts at $120 per month in most locations, while a select few “excess capacity” locations may luck out and get the lowest monthly rate, $90.

For a priority data connection with a faster speed range and better speed consistency during periods of network congestion, Starlink home internet will run you $140 to $500 per month depending on your chosen data allotment of 40GB, 1TB or 2TB. If you go the priority data route, I’d recommend the 1TB plan. Burning through 40GB can happen in less than a week, especially if you stream most of your entertainment, but the average household likely won’t come close to using 1TB of data in a month’s time.

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Starlink charges a $600 equipment purchase fee due at the time of order. Refurbished equipment may be available for around $400, but that’s still a huge upfront cost compared with T-Mobile Home Internet. On top of that, a shipping and handling fee of around $20 may apply. Ouch, talk about insult to injury.

Despite the shipping fee, it will probably take longer to get your equipment than T-Mobile Home Internet — up to two weeks. Setup appears to be fairly straightforward (check it out in the video below), but it’s still going to be more involved than T-Mobile Home Internet.

Watch this: Testing Out SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet

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Both providers are fairly new to the home internet market, so there’s limited historical data tracking customer satisfaction trends from Starlink or T-Mobile Home Internet. That said, both providers seem to be off to a good start.

In its second year to include T-Mobile Home Internet in its annual report and first year to distinguish fiber from non-fiber providers, the American Customer Satisfaction Index gave the ISP a score of 73/100. The score, a two-point increase year over year, was well above the average for non-fiber providers (66) and took the top spot in the category, followed by AT&T (72) and Sparklight (71). 

Starlink isn’t included in ACSI data, but an Ookla Speedtest Intelligence report from the first quarter of 2023 gives insight into customer reception and satisfaction. Data from the report shows that Starlink had a significantly higher Net Promoter Score (a study of how likely a customer is to recommend a service) than the averaged score from all other ISPs despite having slower median download speeds. Starlink outperformed other ISPs exceptionally well in nonmetropolitan settings, which makes sense as the service is geared toward rural internet users.

Starlink vs. T-Mobile Home Internet recap

Since entering the broadband space, Starlink and T-Mobile Home Internet have improved high-speed availability and connectivity, particularly in areas where options have long been (and still are) highly limited.

While both providers provide significant upgrades in speed and reliability compared with other rural internet services, T-Mobile Home Internet would be my preferred choice if given the option of the two. T-Mobile Home Internet is considerably cheaper than Starlink, upfront and month to month, while service is potentially faster and easier to start.

T-Mobile Home Internet isn’t available everywhere, however. In areas where T-Mobile Home Internet doesn’t yet reach, Starlink is likely to be the best option for high-speed internet compared with geostationary satellite internet (Hughesnet, Viasat) or DSL internet.

Starlink vs. T-Mobile Home Internet FAQs

Is Starlink or T-Mobile Home Internet better?

Starlink and T-Mobile Home Internet match up fairly evenly regarding speed, data caps and contracts. Starlink’s main advantage over T-Mobile Home Internet is availability, as the satellite ISP is available nationwide, whereas T-Mobile Home Internet currently covers just over half of US households. 

Where both providers are available, T-Mobile Home Internet will be the cheapest. Service starts at half the cost of Starlink’s cheapest plan, and there are no equipment fees, saving customers $400 to $600 or more in upfront costs compared with Starlink.

Is Starlink or T-Mobile Home Internet faster?

Starlink’s fixed home internet advertises a speed range of 25 to 100Mbps or 45 to 220Mbps, depending on your chosen service tier. T-Mobile Home Internet has a slightly faster download speed range, 72 to 245Mbps.

Location, network congestion and other factors impact actual speeds from both providers, so Starlink may be faster in some locations while T-Mobile Home Internet is faster in others. 

Starlink’s Priority plan could deliver faster speeds and better reliability by giving users network precedence over Standard users, eliminating or mitigating slowed speeds due to network congestion. T-Mobile Home Internet doesn’t offer a similar service tier, so customers may be more likely to experience speed issues during peak usage times or in areas with many users relying on the network.

Does T-Mobile use Starlink for internet?

Does bad weather affect Starlink or T-Mobile Home Internet?

Starlink and T-Mobile Home Internet are less susceptible to service disruptions due to bad weather than traditional, geostationary satellite internet service. Still, heavy cloud coverage, rain or other severe weather conditions can interfere with Starlink signals. Additionally, snow or ice accumulation on the satellite dish could impact service. 

Internet signals from T-Mobile Home Internet have a shorter distance to travel and are far less susceptible to service disruptions during bouts of bad weather.

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