Hurricane Helene's damage path were eligible for 30 days of free service, many people didn't factor in the costs of the $349 equipment purchase . On Oct. 1, Musk tweeted that SpaceX is enforcing a system update allowing “all Starlinks in the affected areas to work,

Elon Musk said that Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet provider, would be free for victims of Hurricane Helene. Shockingly: it's not.

Billionaire Elon Musk – the richest man in the world — recently announced Hurricane Helene victims would get free internet service through his company Starlink. But there's one major catch: Come November,

Thousands of Starlink satellites have been installed across some of the most isolated regions since the storm wreaked her devastation.