{"id":567402,"date":"2026-08-12T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=567402"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:51:23","slug":"poland-demands-explanation-from-musk-over-starlink-roaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/poland-demands-explanation-from-musk-over-starlink-roaming","title":{"rendered":"Poland Demands Explanation From Musk Over Starlink Roaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Poland has demanded an explanation from SpaceX and <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> over changes to roaming for Starlink satellite internet.<\/p>\n<p>It was recently announced that roaming rules for a number of plans will change on Aug. 17. SpaceX has divided its global Roam network into three categories: the United States and Canada with their dependent territories, a common European region covering several dozen countries, and other countries considered individually. Poland was not included in the European region, although its neighbors were.<\/p>\n<p>Polish users of the unlimited On the Road plan will now have to notify the company of an upcoming trip and provide identification documents. They will also be subject to a 30-day limit on internet use outside the country. Limited plans are restricted to the user&#8217;s country. For new subscribers, the rules took effect on July 14, while for existing subscribers they will take effect on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs <strong>Krzysztof Gawkowski<\/strong> said today that the Polish side has already demanded an explanation.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If SpaceX and Elon Musk want to operate in Poland, use the advantages of the Polish market and profit from Polish customers, he should treat them fairly and on equal terms&#8221;<\/em>, Gawkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KGawkowski\/status\/2087416913110409530\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not accept the explanation that <em>&#8220;it just happened that way&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That is why I asked SpaceX to urgently restore equal treatment for the company&#8217;s Polish customers. If the reason is &#8216;local regulatory requirements,&#8217; I expect specific rules. General explanations are not enough. Polish citizens cannot be treated worse simply because a global corporation decided so&#8221;<\/em>, he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Poland is not a second-rate market. Polish consumers are not second-rate consumers&#8221;<\/em>, Gawkowski concluded.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Poland pays SpaceX for terminals used by Ukraine. Musk&#8217;s attempt to restrict their operation has previously led to a heated exchange on X between Polish Foreign Minister <strong>Rados\u0142aw Sikorski<\/strong> and the businessman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland has demanded an explanation from SpaceX and Elon Musk over changes to roaming for Starlink satellite internet. It was recently announced that roaming rules for a number of plans will change on Aug. 17. SpaceX has divided its global Roam network into three categories: the United States and Canada with their dependent territories, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":567401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a7c340eaf87a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Poland Demands Explanation From Musk Over Starlink Roaming"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-computers"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}