My little hamlet is 40km (~25 miles) from the nearest established town and it’s nothing but state forest between so it will never be economical to run fibre.

The typical solution is called Fixed Wireless which is essentially the same as 5G or traditional satellite internet.

I’ve used Starlink for years and aside from the exorbitant price I wouldn’t consider switching. The dish is very low voltage so I have a failover system for during power outages to keep my server and work connection going.

Space junk aside I’m glad to see Space X being challenged because some downward pressure on price would be nice

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gonzalohm 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Is latency comparable to wired? Can you trust the connection enough for remote work ?

	▲	herczegzsolt 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Absolutely. Starlink outperforms ADSL anytime, and is better than most 4G fixed-wireless-access options. I use it for remote work regularly. If there's fiber (like GPON) or reliable 5G available, then of course they win. Otherwise, Starlink is better.
	▲	l1n 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I take video calls for work regularly on Starlink. As long as you have clear visibility (eg not under a tree or the porch), it works great. I used to have occasional handover latency spikes, but I haven't noticed those recently.