Thursday, Aug 6th, 2026 (7:07 am) - Score 3,560In another annoying and somewhat perplexing development for fans of SpaceX’s popular Starlink broadband service in the UK, the company has revealed that their next generation V5 dish terminal for consumers will NOT support ‘Standby Mode‘. The service had 110,000 customers in the UK as of July 2025 (up from 87,000 in 2024) – mostly in rural areas. The development was confirmed via Starlink’s Support Page (credits to PC Mag), which without any explanation merely states in a brief footnote that “Standby Mode is not available for V5 hardware“. AdvertisementSo, keep this new restriction in mind if you plan to adopt it, although there is an alternative approach to Standby Mode. Perhaps one of these days Starlink might employ a marketing team that could actually help explain some of their decisions.