Most Satellite data (including non internet data) is delivered over Starlink.
Most Satellite Internet revenue is from Starlink customers.
And I'm sure a certain Eastern European country wouldn't be asking to extend coverage to Russia if it was truly "scarcely an alternative"
The cost (actually price) you're complaining about is lower than than other satellite providers and significantly lower than what was available in 2019. Around the pricing of more expensive mobile internet data plans meant for hotspots (in the US)
I'm pretty sure no one paying residential pricing back was doing >1TB/month on SATCOM
The performance for most users is definitely above the 100/10 99ms advertised (per Ookla)
How long are these "regular outages"? Have you used the service in 2026?
All I'm gathering from this comment is that you aren't a customer. I used it from 2021 to early 2025; service got worse over-time as more subscribers were onboarded. If you lived in a higher or lower latitude like I did, you usually get 100ms+ of latency year-round, and all the way up until the end I was getting ~5% dropped packet attrition. The "Starlink is usable for gaming" line is a downright lie unless you're playing something turn-based like Chess.
I've used dialup, Hughesnet, WISPs and broadband, now - Starlink was the least-consistent performer by a wide margin. The one upside is the bandwidth figures, but when I wanted to use it for my seedbox Starlink sends me a meanly-written letter. The distinct feeling I got using Starlink was "huh, I must be subsidizing a dual-use system because this is not an acceptable baseline of service quality even by LTE standards."
These seem like congestion issues due to using a shared medium. It's not unusual for services like that to degrade especially between 5 and 10 pm
Where I use Starlink (and OneWeb) there's probably less than 50 users in my beam. And I get under 40ms to my POP consistently. When I started using it, it wasn't available in my country officially and my ping was over 150ms. I live around 4N
For your conspiracy theory, look up Surrey Space Technology. The idea of LEO satellite internet at SpaceX is older than Falcon 9.
As for seedbox matters, reread the letter you received. Starlink isn't monitoring your torrent use, the copyright owners are. Use a VPN. Lots of free/cheap ones out there.
I'm sorry your service is bad, but it's definitely not representative of Starlink service globally. The game I play is fine and it's definitely not chess. My mobile providers (yes I need two to make do; dual-sim FTW) DC me multiple times a day. Starlink doesn't. But I can't carry it everywhere.
I brought up several points you haven't refuted. The service is fine for most users and meets expectations today.
I started with dial-up, used Intelsat (you should really check the prices of other satellite providers, NBN satellite in Australia cost $8000 for 1TB in 2018) to sign up for this website and was using fixed wireless when I signed up with Starlink.
Most Satellite data (including non internet data) is delivered over Starlink.
Most Satellite Internet revenue is from Starlink customers.
And I'm sure a certain Eastern European country wouldn't be asking to extend coverage to Russia if it was truly "scarcely an alternative"
The cost (actually price) you're complaining about is lower than than other satellite providers and significantly lower than what was available in 2019. Around the pricing of more expensive mobile internet data plans meant for hotspots (in the US)
I'm pretty sure no one paying residential pricing back was doing >1TB/month on SATCOM
The performance for most users is definitely above the 100/10 99ms advertised (per Ookla)
How long are these "regular outages"? Have you used the service in 2026?