Households and enterprises in remote rural areas in the Philippines now have access to fast internet via Elon Musk’s Starlink – but only if you can afford its steep regular price.
QUEZON, Philippines – In an upland farm in the remote village of Caldong in the town of Sampaloc, Quezon province, farmworker Marcelo Santos can now easily communicate with Candy Soto, head of agribusiness firm, Green Charm Farm, after the latter recently got a Starlink Internet installed in her farm.
Over the past two months, Soto said heavy rain hasn’t disrupted the internet signals in Green Charm Farm.Households and enterprises in remote rural areas in the Philippines now have access to fast internet via Elon Musk’s Starlink – but only if you can afford its steep regular price: P29,320 for the hardware and a monthly fee of P2,700 for the base Residential package. Starlink’s kit comes with an antenna, a WiFi router, cables, and base.
Roam uses the same hardware and costs the same at P29,320 as Residential, but has a higher monthly fee of P3,300. For other critical applications, Starlink offers higher tier hardware called the Flat High Performance dish, priced at a more expensive P153,942.
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