It's a problem in much of the world, but here in the rust belt (and in legacy urban areas in US, Europe, Asia) it makes tons of sense. OTOH, I wholeheartedly agree -- Musk is going to offer direct satellite phone service, and probably within five years. Hard to believe something as new as mobile telephony can meet a disruptive force, but his photo should be in the dictionary at the "disruptive force" definition.
This doesn’t get mentioned very often but the military is testing Starlink and investing money in it for potential future use....
Think about our adversaries, Russia, China, North Korea, etc....Starlink will have dozens of LEO satellites over their countries at all times...I don’t think it would be a stretch to add spying capabilities in the satellites that would drive our enemies insane knowing the US Military has that many satellites overhead in LEO at all times...