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Tested a starlink in a depopulated outer suburb of a city and it performed worse than our government copper vdsl. Lifted that very antenna inland 400km and suddenly it was performing perfectly.

This is part of the issue. You really do need to "Suck it and see" when it comes to starlink. Is the ground station over subscribed? The Satellite? Its not like their support will tell you anything.

There's nothing wrong with having alternatives, I put my father on to starlink because his area is perfect for it. But there are cheaper alternatives in metro areas. I was slinging 2-300M 60GHz links for cheaper than starlink 6 years ago. 60GHz is getting cheaper and faster at an impressive pace. I worked on a POC in canada for 5GHz at 80MHz that was doing 150M for residential. Half the price of Starlink.