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title: Starlink in Carson City, NV: What the Records Show
url: https://hdiss.net/compare/starlink/carson-city/
business: High Desert Internet Services (HDISS)
phone: 775-575-9593, 775-391-5660
email: info@hdiss.net
mailing_address: Home base: 200 S Virginia St, Suite 760, Reno NV 89501 (dispatch office, not a walk-in store). Mail: Billing Dept., PO Box 11353, Reno NV 89510
hours: Office open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, seven days a week. Network watched around the clock.
type: Fixed wireless internet service provider (homes and small businesses), web hosting, customer email, domain registration
service_area: Northern Nevada - Washoe, Lyon, Storey, Churchill and Douglas counties and Carson City; availability is checked address by address (line of sight to a tower)
plans: Bronze $50/mo up to 500 Mbps down, up to 200 Mbps up; Silver $75/mo up to 800 down, up to 200 up; Gold $99/mo up to 1 Gig down, up to 200 up; ask about the up to 1 Gig / 1 Gig ultra-low-latency service
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since: 2002
---

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# Is Starlink offered in Carson City? What the records show

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the company behind Starlink) told the FCC in June 2021 it could serve at least one location in 1,172 census blocks in Carson City with satellite, not a statement about any address. Check your address on the FCC National Broadband Map, with Starlink or with High Desert.

Carson City from the air. Photo: Quintin Soloviev, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skyline_of_Carson_City,_NV.jpg), cropped. [Photo credits](https://hdiss.net/photo-credits/)

Here is the dated record for Starlink in Carson City as of October 15, 2026, followed by a plain comparison with High Desert's tower-based fixed wireless and the ways to check a real address.

## What is on file for Starlink in Carson City?

In its June 2021 filing with the FCC (Form 477, now historical), Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the company behind Starlink) reported that it could serve at least one location in 1,172 census blocks in Carson City with satellite, at maximum speeds of up to 100 Mbps down and up to 10 Mbps up. Of the 20 provider-and-technology rows in the extract for Carson City, 4 report more census blocks than this one and 15 report fewer.

For scale, the Census Bureau counts about 23,692 households in Carson City (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B28002), but the filing counted census blocks, not homes, so the Starlink block figure is a footprint on a map and not a head count.

What the record does not show for Starlink in Carson City is long: no street, no price, no speed measured at a home and nothing after June 2021. Use it as a history of what Starlink reported, then read the [full 2021 provider table](https://hdiss.net/data/fcc-form-477-providers-2021/) and the [FCC National Broadband Map](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov) for today.

## What does Starlink publish today, and does it name Carson City places?

Starlink offers a 30-day trial with a full refund for anyone not satisfied, and lists free professional home installation on the 200 and Max cards, and nothing on it is specific to Carson City unless stated. Starlink shows its hardware price only after an address is entered, so this page quotes none, noted here for readers in Carson City.

Starlink puts its address check on the home page and lists a phone line, (888) GO-STARLINK, worth holding against any Carson City quote.

Starlink names no Nevada town on its home page, and its address check is the only place it tells a buyer about a specific location in Carson City. That makes the address check, not a Carson City town list, the real test for Starlink.

## What is different about High Desert's fixed wireless in Carson City?

High Desert Internet, open since August 2002 by its own account, sends fixed wireless from towers to the home, in Carson City as in its other five counties. For a Carson City address, nothing is promised until someone has looked at the path from the nearest tower. For prices, read the plan cards below rather than this paragraph: three published plans, no contracts in the company's words, the same cards a Carson City reader sees on every Starlink page here.

For the full side-by-side on prices and terms, see [High Desert vs Starlink](https://hdiss.net/compare/starlink/), and for the technology behind the difference, [fixed wireless vs satellite](https://hdiss.net/compare/fixed-wireless-vs-satellite/).

- If Starlink fits a Carson City home: You want a 30-day trial with a refund, which Starlink words on its home page.
- If Starlink fits a Carson City home: You live where terrain blocks a tower path but not the sky above, such as a gully or a property on the back side of a hill.
- If High Desert fits a Carson City home: A tower can see your roof, so a local radio link with a published price and no kit to buy is on the table, such as a lot on the west side of town near the Carson Range.
- If High Desert fits a Carson City home: You like a technician coming to the home to look at the path and mount an antenna, rather than a box you place yourself.

## What do the Census figures say about internet in Carson City?

In Carson City, 77.8% of households report broadband such as cable, fiber optic or DSL, against 76.6% for Nevada, and 5.8% (about 1,364 households) report no internet access at all, against 5.3% for the state (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B28002), and that is the context for Starlink. The ACS has no fixed-wireless line, so a Carson City home on a tower link is counted under cable, fiber, DSL or another type, a point to keep in mind before reading Starlink's own figures against the table.

Housing in Carson City, which sets the scene for Starlink: 9.8% of housing units are mobile homes, against 5.2% for Nevada, 62.3% of homes are owner-occupied and the median home was built in 1981 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25024, B25003 and B25035). Those Carson City figures say nothing about any one road, which is why this Starlink page sends you to an address check.

## How can I check one Carson City address?

To check one house in Carson City, run the address through the address check on the Starlink home page, or the phone line it lists, (888) GO-STARLINK, then through the [FCC National Broadband Map](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov), and then send it to High Desert on the [address check](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/). A phone call to 775-575-9593 does the same for a Carson City address. Where Starlink and High Desert differ, believe the company that has looked at the roof.

## What is the next step?

Send High Desert the Carson City address and a person studies the path from the nearest tower to the roof, then calls you. Until that call there is no promise either way for a Carson City home, and you can also ring 775-575-9593 between 9 and 5 any day.

## What does current FCC data (December 31, 2025) show for Starlink in Carson City?

The newest FCC Broadband Data Collection data, as of December 31, 2025 and read October 16, 2026, shows that in Carson City Starlink reported low-orbit satellite at 20,353 locations (highest tier filed: up to 280 Mbps down, up to 30 Mbps up). Every one of the Starlink rows in Carson City was filed at 100/20 or better. The low-latency flag is on for the Starlink rows in Carson City. The map lists 20,353 locations in Carson City in all, so read the Starlink rows against that.

Read as one county for anyone weighing Starlink, the newest filings put a wired 100/20 tier at 19,773 of 20,353 locations in Carson City and a fixed wireless 100/20 tier at 20,353, from 7 fixed wireless filers. The overlap is large; the 580 locations where a fixed wireless filing stood alone at that level are where a tower link fills a gap on the FCC's own map. Carson City location counts are buildings, not homes or customers, and they come from each company's own filing to the FCC, Starlink's among them. Next to the Starlink rows, High Desert's towers are not described anywhere in these files, so its answer for a Carson City address still comes from a person checking the path.

### Sources

- [starlink.com/](https://www.starlink.com/) (Starlink home page and residential cards, read 2026-10-15)
- [opendata.fcc.gov/resource/jdr4-3q4p](https://opendata.fcc.gov/resource/jdr4-3q4p) (FCC Form 477, June 2021, historical)
- [broadbandmap.fcc.gov](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov) (FCC National Broadband Map, read 2026-10-15)
- [api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5](https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5) (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B28002 and B25024)
- [hdiss.net/services/](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/) (High Desert plan cards, read 2026-10-15)
- [broadbandmap.fcc.gov/data-download/nationwide-data](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/data-download/nationwide-data) (FCC Broadband Data Collection, fixed broadband availability as of December 31, 2025, Nevada files dated October 13, 2026, read 2026-10-16)

### Talk to a person

- Call [775-575-9593](tel:7755759593) [775-391-5660](tel:7753915660) Open 9-5 every day
- Email [info@hdiss.net](mailto:info@hdiss.net)

[Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/#check)

### Related

- [High Desert vs Starlink](https://hdiss.net/compare/starlink/)
- [Internet providers in Carson City, NV](https://hdiss.net/service-area/carson-city/)
- [Internet access in Carson City, by the numbers](https://hdiss.net/data/carson-city/)
- [Who reported broadband service in each county in 2021 (FCC Form 477)](https://hdiss.net/data/fcc-form-477-providers-2021/)
- [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/)
- [Fixed wireless vs satellite internet](https://hdiss.net/compare/fixed-wireless-vs-satellite/)
- [Starlink in Douglas County: what the records show](https://hdiss.net/compare/starlink/douglas-county/)
- [HughesNet in Carson City: what the records show](https://hdiss.net/compare/hughesnet/carson-city/)

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## The current filing: FCC data as of December 31, 2025

| Technology | Locations | At 100/20 Mbps | Top tier filed (up to) | Low latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-orbit satellite | 20,353 | 20,353 | up to 280 Mbps down / up to 30 Mbps up | 20,353 |

FCC Broadband Data Collection, as of December 31, 2025, read 10/16/26. Locations are buildings a provider says it could serve, not households. Check any address on the [FCC National Broadband Map](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov).

## The 2021 filing, as reported

| Name as filed | Technology | Max download / upload reported | Census blocks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | satellite | 100 / 10 Mbps | 1,172 |

FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data, June 2021 (the last Form 477 release; a historical snapshot of the OTHER providers - High Desert is not in it). Current map: broadbandmap.fcc.gov. "Reported" means the provider said it could serve at least one location in a census block; it is not a promise at any address. Check any address today on the [FCC National Broadband Map](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov).

How Carson City gets online

- Any internet subscription 92.2%
- Cable, fiber, DSL (or fixed wireless) 77.8%
- Satellite 6%
- Phone data plan only 11%
- No internet at home 5.8%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B28002 (internet subscriptions), retrieved 2026-10-02. Households can report more than one type, so the shares do not add to 100. The ACS has no fixed-wireless line: those homes are counted under cable, fiber or DSL, or under other service. The thin mark on each bar is Nevada.

## Places in Carson City

[Carson City Carson City](https://hdiss.net/service-area/carson-city/)

Places High Desert works in. Availability, ours and every provider's, is checked address by address. [Starlink vs High Desert](https://hdiss.net/compare/starlink/) has the full comparison.

## High Desert's three plans

[Bronze Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/bronze/)

$50 a month

Up to 500 Mbps down Up to 200 Mbps up

Runs a household: a 4K TV, a video call and a game at the same time, with room left over.

[Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=bronze#check)

[Silver Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/silver/)

$75 a month

Up to 800 Mbps down Up to 200 Mbps up

More headroom: a full house online at once, several 4K TVs, work from home and big downloads.

[Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=silver#check)

[Gold Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/gold/)

$99 a month

Up to 1 Gig down Up to 200 Mbps up

The most headroom we sell: large households, a home office, cameras, backups and everything else at once.

[Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=gold#check)

Every speed is an up-to figure. What you see depends on the path from the tower to your roof, how many people are online and your Wi-Fi router. Each plan has a data transfer limit; ask us for yours at [info@hdiss.net](mailto:info@hdiss.net).

Ask about 1 Gig / 1 Gig.

Our ultra-low-latency service with upload as fast as download, in some areas. Check your address and tick "Ask about 1 Gig / 1 Gig" and we will tell you if your address can get it. [About the 1 Gig / 1 Gig service](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/gig-symmetrical/).

Prices and speeds as published by High Desert Internet Services (hdiss.net, read 10/15/26). "Runs" lines use the FCC Household Broadband Guide and Broadband Speed Guide (fcc.gov), which the FCC calls rough guidelines; every High Desert plan is above the FCC's highest household band of more than 25 Mbps. Not sure which plan? [Use the plan picker](https://hdiss.net/#picker).

## Questions people ask

### Did Starlink file with the FCC for Carson City in 2021?

Yes. In June 2021, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the company behind Starlink) reported to the FCC (Form 477, historical) that it could serve at least one location in 1,172 census blocks in Carson City with satellite. That is a footprint Starlink left on the map of Carson City and not a promise about any address there.

### Does Starlink name places in Carson City on its site?

For Carson City: not on the pages read. Starlink's home page carries an address check and a phone line, and it describes its 100 and 200 plans as offered in select areas, and nothing more specific to Carson City than that was found on Starlink's pages.

### What does High Desert cost next to Starlink in Carson City?

High Desert's three published monthly prices for Bronze, Silver and Gold are on the plan cards on this Carson City page, and Starlink's are above. For Starlink, use the prices it published on the date read, and ask each company for the exact total at your Carson City address.