[runarberg]

> is there a reason you need fast internet at home? now imagine being some place that isn't home.

My internet needs away from home are vastly different then at home, so I don’t understand how this is an answer.

> crushing poverty?

It is highly likely that the same poverty is going to prevent locals from using Starlink. Besides lacking infrastructure in large parts of Africa and Asia has often been the result of bad policy, or wars, not poverty (or poverty as a result of war). A lot of African nations are catching up on their infrastructure projects, and I see no reason why they will skip internet connectivity as they build up their infrastructure (given that most African nations have infinitely better policy—and a lot fewer wars—now then say 30 years ago).