tl;dr: starlink is intriguing, but i'm set with pretty decent internet here in the sticks.
if i were still subject to the harsh treatment of hughes net, i'd definitely look more into it. hughes net was basically a side step to the 1/2 mbps internet i had with frontier whose service was frequently out and their customer service was horrible.
about 3 years ago, the log cabin rentals adjacent to my property was able to get high speed cable in. they had been losing business because of their internet service which pumped out a whopping 1/2 a mbps (had same frontier service i had prior to hughes net) and, with their primary market being yuppy granolas from NOVA, it was starting to hurt pretty bad. they have manchin and a bunch of other highfalutin types stay there all the time. the ole drunk, himself, bobby huggs, hosts a fly fishing tournament there annually.
anyhoo, the owner said that everytime manchin came in he'd ask what he could do for them and their only request was high speed internet. not sure if manchin had anything to do with it as i was told the business had to shell out upwards of a couple hundo K plus to cover a portion of the cost of getting it there. and, those that live in the area have benefitted. i'm now paying like $92/mo for telephone and 90 mbps internet, which is more than capable of taking care of streaming 4 tv's, cell phone use, internet, etc. all at once.
the most surprising part is it's also through frontier. surprising because i haven't been out a complete day since switching over and the number of times i've been without service over the past 3 years is like 3 or 4 times.
