Starlink's compact Mini dish is technically allowed for fixed home use, but in the US it can only be signed up under Starlink's Roam plans rather than its Residential plans, meaning permanent home users end up paying travel-oriented rates for a stationary connection. This matters for anyone tempted by the Mini's lower price and smaller footprint as an everyday home broadband replacement, since the pricing and priority structure is built around portability rather than fixed residential use.

Roam plans start at $55 a month for 100GB of high-speed data, rising to $80 for 300GB and $175 for unlimited, after which speeds drop to low-speed once the allowance is used. Residential plans, by contrast, offer unlimited data from $55 for 100 Mbps, $85 for 200 Mbps, and $130 for Residential Max, which also receives higher network priority than Roam during congestion. Some existing customers who claimed a Mini kit or bought Residential Max before 6 June can keep a Mini at no extra hardware cost with 50% off Roam, though this offer is no longer available to new customers, and Starlink says Residential use of the Mini is possible in some unspecified regions outside the US.