Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Starlink Gen 3 Outdoor WiFi System

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tristan de Delva · Routers / Switches / Wi-Fi

Day
$30
Week
$82
28 days
$135

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $90. On the week rate it is $82.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $270. On the 28-day rate it is $135.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Starlink Gen 3 Outdoor WiFi System, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$82you save $8week
4$120$82you save $38week
5$150$82you save $68week
6$180$82you save $98week
7$210$82you save $128week
8$240$112you save $128week
9$270$135you save $13528-day
10$300$135you save $16528-day
11$330$135you save $19528-day
12$360$135you save $22528-day
13$390$135you save $25528-day
14$420$135you save $28528-day
15$450$135you save $31528-day
16$480$135you save $34528-day
17$510$135you save $37528-day
18$540$135you save $40528-day
19$570$135you save $43528-day
20$600$135you save $46528-day
21$630$135you save $49528-day
22$660$135you save $52528-day
23$690$135you save $55528-day
24$720$135you save $58528-day
25$750$135you save $61528-day
26$780$135you save $64528-day
27$810$135you save $67528-day
28$840$135you save $70528-day
29$870$165you save $705day
30$900$195you save $705day
31$930$217you save $713week
32$960$217you save $743week
33$990$217you save $773week
34$1,020$217you save $803week
35$1,050$217you save $833week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 9 days
$135
Rental protection (RPP)
$20.25
Service fee
$13.50
Estimated total
$168.75

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.