Starlink Availability USA: newshttps://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/#newsDated, sourced news on Starlink demand surcharges, sold-out areas, capacity and speeds in the US.en-usTwo Starlink help articles give different answers on surcharges after Standby (observed Oct. 5, 2026)https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-10-05-starlink-help-pages-disagree-on-standby-surcharge/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-10-05-starlink-help-pages-disagree-on-standby-surcharge/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Oct 5, 2026. Starlink's surcharge article says one may apply when resuming from Standby; its Standby article still says it will not. Both were modified April 9, 2026.Starship Flight 14 puts the first 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit (September 2026)https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-09-28-starship-flight-14-first-v3-satellites-in-orbit/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-09-28-starship-flight-14-first-v3-satellites-in-orbit/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Sep 28, 2026. Starship's 14th flight, on September 28, 2026, reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, the first V3 units meant for service.Ookla: share of Starlink users reaching 100/20 Mbps doubled year over year in 1H 2026https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-09-15-ookla-h1-2026-starlink-fcc-benchmark/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-09-15-ookla-h1-2026-starlink-fcc-benchmark/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Sep 15, 2026. Ookla's US broadband report for the first half of 2026, reported September 15, 2026, said the share of Starlink users meeting 100/20 Mbps doubled from a year earlier.FCC broadband report says Starlink has over 7 million American subscribers (August 2026)https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-08-14-fcc-report-says-starlink-has-7-million-us-subscribers/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-08-14-fcc-report-says-starlink-has-7-million-us-subscribers/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Aug 14, 2026. The FCC's 2026 Section 706 report, released August 14, 2026, said Starlink has over 7 million American subscribers, far above SpaceX's last stated US figure.SpaceX reports 12.0 million Starlink subscribers at the end of June 2026https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-08-04-spacex-q2-2026-starlink-12-million-subscribers/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-08-04-spacex-q2-2026-starlink-12-million-subscribers/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Aug 4, 2026. SpaceX's first quarterly results, filed August 4, 2026, put Starlink at 12.0 million subscribers on June 30, 2026, up 1.7 million in three months.Starship Flight 13 deploys the first 20 Starlink V3 satellites on a test flight (July 2026)https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-07-24-starship-flight-13-first-v3-satellites/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-07-24-starship-flight-13-first-v3-satellites/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Jul 24, 2026. Starship's 13th test flight in late July 2026 deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites. They were not placed in operational orbit and re-entered as planned.CNET: Starlink customers report demand surcharges as high as $1,500, some without notice (July 16, 2026)https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-07-16-press-reports-surcharges-up-to-1500/https://starlinkavailabilityusa.com/notes/news/2026-07-16-press-reports-surcharges-up-to-1500/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvent date Jul 16, 2026. CNET reported on July 16, 2026 that Starlink customers described demand surcharges up to $1,500, with Pacific Northwest amounts having risen from $100 to $1,000.