One ISP in South Africa has taken it upon themselves to order and import Starlink kits on behalf of its customers.
is reselling the Starlink satellite Internet service to South Africans for a monthly price of R1,799.
South Africans can place a pre-order for their Starlink kit directly from the company’s website. It will be shipped after the service officially becomes available here. While the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa failed to respond to MyBroadband ‘s numerous queries about this, communications minister Mondli Gungubele recently confirmed this was the case.
It decided to switch its customers, many who live in rural areas, to Starlink due to the impact of load-shedding, crime, and vandalism on other products, which includes fixed-LTE on MTN’s network. IT LEC’s monthly fee for Starlink is R1,799, which is cheaper than the $110 US price for a residential Starlink connection.Upon enquiring about the product, a support agent for the ISP told MyBroadband it had eight units available out of 50 ordered in its latest shipment.
in South Africa peak at 50Mbps download speeds and 5Mbps uploads, while ping is typically over 600ms.
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