449 Yesway and Allsups convenience stores across nine U.S. states will use Starlink for high-speed internet supporting payment systems and broader store operations.
250 Texas locations and many other rural or semi-rural sites face weak or unavailable traditional broadband, making satellite service attractive as Yesway plans about 130 new stores over five years.
40-220 Mbps business-plan speeds, with median U.S. peak-hour performance near 200 Mbps, give stores enough capacity for cloud POS, inventory systems and customer Wi-Fi without fiber buildouts.
A similar Casey's deployment has already tested the model, and SpaceX's third-generation satellites—each designed for more than 1 terabit per second of downlink capacity—could further strengthen Starlink's retail push.