[Difwif]

I know a lot of people with access to fiber in cities discount Starlink and I miss my 1Gbps fiber. Also the Elon hate train probably has something to do with it.

Starlink is life changing for a lot of people. You would not believe how many different communities ISP market has been shaken up by Starlink. Many people went from high latency metered internet measured in kilobits to 100Mbps at 30ms. I've seen this both in the US and outside the US. Not mention previously unthinkable things like living on a sailboat and working remotely.

The biggest issue at this point is cost. It's mostly a premium product for high income people. I hope access gets cheaper as they scale. I think in general having a globally connected planet with high speed internet is going to make the world better (once we overcome the negative side effects of things like social media addiction)

[progne]

It replaced not just my old slow DSL, but also my landline phone service. Every cent I was paying the small regional phone company now goes to Starlink, for usually about 20x the performance. The small regional telephone company did not sound happy about it when I left.

[MagicMoonlight]

If I didn’t live in a city I would absolutely get one