[balk]

Satellite signals have inherent high latency, not useful to my setup.

[SmokingJoe]

Starlink is at Low Earth Orbit. Their satellites are at only 342 miles orbit as compared to Hughes Net who's satellites are at 22,000 miles above earth.
Latency for Starlink is 20ms to 40 ms
Latency for Hughes Net is 400ms to 500ms

[nevergore]

They are advertising a sub 39/msec latency.....You can run most VoIP protocols with that.....

Most LEO sats are over 225/msec.....unusable for latency-sensitive applications.....

We will see if they offer service guarantees on their product.....

[phoneman08]

The Starlink satellites are essentially a mesh network in low-earth orbit rather than geosynchronous orbit. Starlink is aiming for latencies around 20ms which is better than anything out there other than 5g mm-wave connections.

The biggest hurdle for adoption by people already served by a good land-based internet service is the dish needs a clear view of the sky and is, like other satellite services significantly affected by the weather.

Starlink will fill the void where land-based service or soon to be 5g and 5g mm-wave routers doesn’t fill the void.

[cymbeline]

“Satellite signals have inherent high latency, not useful to my setup.”

Sounds to me like it’s viable only for people that don’t have access to cable, which is fine.

Cable, which provides lower latency, higher data rate, lower cost, and is underground, will always be my choice here at home.