Starlink says it removed waitlists in every country where it is available (Feb. 12, 2026)

BackgroundIncludes press-layer reports

Event date (announced)

Feb 12, 2026

Published

Oct 6, 2026

Last updated

Oct 6, 2026

Background This event is more than 90 days older than this page. It is kept here as dated context, not as current news.

What changed

On February 12, 2026, Starlink posted on X: “We have removed waitlists for Starlink in every country where Starlink is available today.” Tesla North reported the post the same day and noted that US customers could order online or by phone.

If accurate for the US, this ended the sold-out status that had applied in parts of the country since November 2024 (our item).

What it means for you

“No waitlist” is not the same as “no extra charge”. The post did not mention demand surcharges, and later reports in 2026 continued to describe one-time surcharges of up to $1,500 in some US areas (our July 2026 item). In several places the earlier pattern was that a sold-out area reopened with a surcharge rather than without one (our January 2026 item).

Starlink’s help article on reactivating service, last modified April 9, 2026, says “there are currently no sold-out regions in the United States”. That is consistent with the February post.

So for a US buyer after February 2026, the likely question changed from “can I order?” to “what will checkout charge at my address?”

Who this covers

• New Residential buyers in areas that had been sold out.
• Deposit holders waiting in sold-out queues. The post did not say how existing deposits were handled.

What you can check now

• Your checkout shows availability and any surcharge for your address. Our guide to the availability map explains what the map does not show (fees in particular).
• The sold-out log keeps this announcement with the earlier dated entries.
• If you see a large surcharge, our page on how to avoid it legitimately lists the honest options.

What stays the same

Starlink’s separate help article on sold-out regions still describes how sold-out status works (deposit, no timeline), so the mechanism still exists even if no US area uses it right now.

Why this matters for this site

Sold-out status was a simple yes or no on Starlink’s own map. Demand surcharges are harder to see in advance: they show only at checkout, vary by address and change over time. With no US sold-out areas, the surcharge becomes the main availability signal, which is why our record focuses on it.

What we don’t know yet

• Whether sold-out status could return in US areas later. The wording “available today” leaves that open.
• How many US areas were sold out right before the announcement.
• Whether every sold-out area reopened at once or over several weeks.

Our data

Our report form includes a “sold out or waitlist” option. As of publication we have no published reader reports of a US sold-out screen after February 12, 2026.