Starlink Opens Up Capacity in Harare and Bulawayo for Businesses

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Starlink Sold Out Area November 2024

Following several weeks of being sold out completely, Starlink has opened up capacity in the congested areas of Harare, its surrounding towns and Bulawayo. With one caveat – it’s only for business packages, and Zimbabweans have to buy through Starlink Authorises Resellers – TelOne and Aura.

The Authorised resellers had not been selling Starlink in the congested areas these past several weeks but recently announced that they are now accepting customers again. They are also helping individuals who were on roaming to transfer to local addresses within the sold out areas.

This is significant progress for business in Harare and Bulawayo that had found themselves stuck because of the congestion.

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For individuals looking to use Starlink at home the issue of having to get a business package will be a deal-breaker. In the congested areas, TelOne for example, is not selling the lowest-priced package that Starlink offers. The cheapest you can buy now is the $160 package.

This is also the lowest-priced package available to those transferring Roaming kits to these sold out areas.

Direct Starlink.com PriceAura PriceTelOne Price
Kit Transfer Feefree$150free
40 GB Priority$71$120$115
1TB Priority$101$175$160
2TB Priority$200$340$320

That 40GB Priority package is off the table right now. Customers can only buy the 1TB Priority package. And instead of paying the $101 that Starlink charges, customers have to fork out at least $160 – that is after factoring in TelOne’s markup and Zim taxes.

It’s a dealbreaker because the whole point of migrating to Starlink is to get reliable unlimited internet for $50 or less. At $160 a month, there are other options to consider at such as Econet’s SmartBiz or Utande’s StartMax and SuperMax (where available).

Can I just buy directly from Starlink.com?

We checked today, and it seems buying a business package for Harare and Bulawayo directly from Starlink.com is possible too, and that the 40GB Priority package is available. You don’t get the “Starlink is at Capacity” message that you get when you attempt a Residential order on the site.

It’s still not clear though if the order will go through immediately. So if you or someone you know has bought a Starlink business package for Harare on starlink.com recently and it got delivered in reasonable time please do let us know so we help spread the word.

At $160, those in areas that have fibre can get an unlimited package delivering much faster speeds and shorter latency. But the reality is that the sold-out in Zimbabwe is quite huge now – stretching from Mvurwi through Harare CBD all the way to Wedza – and 90% of that area doesn’t have fibre.

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  1. Fuji

    I feel really sorry for the first roaming clients, who either bought their kits from outside the country, or the black market. They have faced so many challenges. From failing to transfer their subscriptions to the much cheaper local packages, as well as not being prioritised in terms of data distribution, and also of course having to pay more expensive subscriptions by nature of being roaming clients. Just goes to show that sometimes it’s best to wait and do things the right way. Patience is indeed a virtue. Saziba ingozi!

    Hopefully Starlink will be able to orbit more satellites 🛰 soon, so that everyone who wishes to enjoy affordable word class internet, can do so.

    Thank you for this update TechZim. You have been an invaluable travel mate, in navigating this Starlink saga.

    1. Fuji

      TechZim if you can, please find out and let us know, how many subscribers in total Starlink has in Zim 🇿🇼. This would be an interesting fact to know.

      Thanks

      1. Philani

        Gas business

  2. Philani Ndlovu

    Gas business

  3. Anonymous

    Via the site is only the option of paying 71 dollars deposit with no timeline as to when you receive the msge to pay balance for the hardware so that the kit is shipped for connection

    Of which some clients are already on 50 dollar deposit for residential, am one of them

    Waiting to capacity and msge to pay balance!!

  4. Mhat a

    This site is boring because it’s slow as f u ck

    1. Voice of reason

      You clearly don’t have fast internet. Maybe work on that rather than posting this.

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