The Starlink waitlist is back in certain parts of the US, including several major cities on the West Coast and Texas. Starlink's availability map says the service is sold out in and around Seattle; Spokane, Washington; Portland, Oregon; San Diego; Sacramento, California; and Austin, Texas. Neighboring towns and villages are included in the sold-out zones.
There are additional sellouts in small parts of Colorado, Montana and North Carolina. As PCMag noted yesterday, the change comes about a year after Starlink added capacity and removed its waitlist in the US.
Elsewhere in North America, there are some sold out territories in Canada and Mexico. On the other side of the Atlantic, Starlink is sold out in London and surrounding cities. Starlink is not yet available in most of Africa and some areas where it is available are sold out.
Starlink is generally seen as most useful in rural areas with less access to fixed broadband, but it also appears to be generating interest in more densely populated areas. Although detailed subscriber numbers by region are not publicly available, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said last week that Starlink has nearly 5 million users worldwide.
