[r1ch]

A fixed wireless ISP can be as fast and stable as a fiber connection or as slow as a 90s-era DSL ISP. The main problem is scaling - as you add customers, you have more users competing for a limited spectrum. To accommodate this, you have to use TDMA and other multiplexing strategies which reduce throughput and increase latency.

It's been a long time since I had to use satellite, but I'd happily take even the most oversubscribed WISP out there over satellite internet.

[bryanlarsen]

Starlink is much more like a WISP than traditional satellite internet. Starlink satellites orbit at 550km vs traditional satellites at 36000km.

[r1ch]

Yeah, I can't wait to see how it performs. It's truly in a technology class of its own.

[rsynnott]

Still implies a HUGE cell, though. I have doubts that this will work well in anywhere but the very most unpopulated areas.