We live in a congested area where Starlink is the only option. We require two dishes at $120/month each ($240/month total) since we have ten people using it (6 kids, my parents, me and the wife that both work from home).
Our area now has a congestion fee of $1,000 per account for anyone now wanting to get the service ($1400 all in). When we bought our two (Gen 2 and Gen 3 dishes) they were $750 out the door each and self-install when we purchased them a few years ago. That $1500 investment has been well worth it.
If I were new to the area, I’d pay the $1k congestion fee in a heartbeat since the only other options are fixed wireless with 25/3 max service. When LEO gets up and running, I’ll subscribe to that too and decide then which service becomes my failover. We are never getting fiber here. Heck, we can’t even get landline service here anymore, so fiber ain’t ever coming to my corner of rural North Idaho.
How so?
Grok:
No, you do not need 2 Starlink dishes for a house with 10 people.
One single Starlink dish/router is fully sufficient in almost all cases—even for 10+ people—as long as you choose the right plan and have realistic expectations.