Fourth African country gets Starlink before South Africa — for R822 per month

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South Africans who have an address in Kenya can have their kit delivered to that country and imported to South Africa. With regional roaming activated, they will have to pay just over R1,000 for the fast, low-latency Internet service.

have shown it performing very well, particularly for an uncapped broadband option that can work across most of South Africa.

IT-Lec customer reports indicate the latency of the service has also gradually come down from 300–400ms a few months ago to less than 200ms. In Kenya, this option costs 7,900 Kenyan Shillings, or about R1,001. That cost excludes the 2–2.75% foreign currency conversion fee typically charged by South African banks.The cheapest country from where you can order Starlink is Rwanda. The kit will set you back 485,000 Rwandan Franc and the monthly fee with roaming costs 58,800 Rwandan Franc .

Going through IT-Lec will cost you R15,000 for the Starlink kit and R1,799 for the monthly fee. This option does not require having a foreign address in a Starlink-supported country.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

 

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