[wmf]

I once read about a gas station chain that used VSAT for credit card processing because it's faster than POTS and they didn't have to deal with different local telcos/ISPs. I'm not sure how true that is, but for some low-bandwidth uses I can see the appeal of having a single national/worldwide ISP.

[Closi]

I work in manufacturing/logistics and lots of facilities have starlink.

With all software in the cloud now (e.g. WMS) losing connectivity can cause a facility to stop, so having an entirely segregated line on an entirely separate technology platform is worth a lot. Lots of production/warehouse facilities struggle to get truly redundant lines to them, and often are sitting outside of 4G range.

[LorenDB]

Yeah, that completely makes sense. The comment I was thinking of was made in the context of Starlink for home users.

By the way, I think that comment was from the 2023 SpaceX all-hands talk that was posted online if you wish to find it yourself.