There is a new reason to get offline for residential users of Starlink. If you use a lot of data, you could easily burn through it by playing games.
If Starlinkers go over that cap, the company will slow their service down and move users from priority access to lagging access. Users will have to pay for every extra gigabyte used.
The policy states that "starlink is a finite resource that will continue to grow as we launch additional satellites." To serve the greatest number of people with high speed internet, we must manage the network.
If there's a bright spot to the new policy, it's that Musk's internet usage won't count towards the monthly data cap. You might want to make sure that big downloads happen overnight.
It's not uncommon for internet service providers to impose data caps as they grow. According to the company, the change will only affect a small percentage of users who are going over the monthly limit. All Starlink customers will get a better experience without the few slowing down the entire network.
It's not an uncommon move for an internet service provider to make, but it's a far cry from Starlink's previous data capping policy. Growing pains are a thing. Data caps for Starlink are the latest example of Musk making promises he cannot keep.
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