SpaceX’s Starlink starts taking orders in Vietnam, on Hanoi’s terms
SpaceX’s Starlink has begun taking orders for its satellite-internet service in Vietnam, opening one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing markets to Elon Musk’s orbital broadband.
It is a notable win for a business that has become SpaceX’s cash machine, though this time the company is arriving very much on Hanoi’s terms.
The sums involved are not trivial. A monthly subscription costs VND1.71m, or roughly $65, while the Standard 4X equipment kit runs to VND10.27m, about $390.
Add shipping of around $22 and an upfront deposit of some $70 that is later applied to the kit, and a first-year outlay lands near VND31.4m, or approximately $1,190. This is a premium proposition rather than a mass-market one.
For that money, Starlink promises download speeds of 135 to 305 Mbps and uploads of 20 to 40 Mbps, while hedging, as it always does, that the figures vary by location, network density and weather.
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