Where facts come from
Every rule, amount and date on this site lives in one data file with its source, the exact quote, and the date we read it. Pages pull from that file; nobody types a price or a rule straight into a page. The starlink.com help and legal pages only render with JavaScript, so we read the same data those pages load: the Referral Program Terms document and the referral help articles, plus Starlink’s plan list for prices.
What the labels mean
- Starlink’s own text
Starlink's own text: read from the help-center or legal-document JSON that the starlink.com pages load, on the date shown.
- Starlink’s earlier text, archived copy
Starlink's own text from an earlier version, read from an Internet Archive copy of the same page or endpoint.
- IRS text
Read from an IRS page or IRS form instructions on the date shown.
- Press report
Reported by a news site or retailer blog, with that source's date. Labeled wherever it appears.
- Our reading
Not stated in so many words. Our plain reading of Starlink's own text, labeled as such.
- Unverified
No source states it, or sources conflict. Never shown as a number or a promise.
Hover or long-press a dotted fact to see its label and check date.
How often we re-check
- Weekly: the Referral Program Terms and both referral help articles, compared with the last copy we stored.
- Within two days of any reported change to the program.
- Hard limit: the site won’t build if any fact is older than 30 days. Old facts can’t go live by accident.
Facts were last read on .
Changes and news
A rule change goes into the changelog only with a dated source, and says how certain its date is. A news post exists only when something changed, and answers what changed, when, who it affects, what to do and what stayed the same. Changing a date without re-reading the source is not an update, and we don’t do it.
How pages are written
Drafts are prepared with AI assistance and checked line by line against the cited sources. The person who runs the site reviews every page before launch and is responsible for it. We don’t publish invented reviews, quotes, customer numbers or personas. Examples are labeled as hypothetical.
Corrections
Tell us what’s wrong on the contact page. If we agree, we fix it, note the date and the change in the corrections log, and update the page’s check date. If we don’t agree, we reply with the source.