On 31/08/2022 21:24, David P. Reed via Starlink wrote:

However, it's important to realize that what drives this all is how the Internet is used and who needs it where, and how much they are willing to pay.

There is also some interesting work into how satellite-based CDNs could be used to provide global high-speed Internet service from above the sky:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10419106B1/en