That's like saying vacuum tubes are only one option in the radio market.
The quality of connection is so much better, and as you can get a starlink mini with a 50GB plan for very little money, its already in the zone that just one worker could grab his own and bring it on the rig to use on his free time and to share.
Starlink terminals aren't "infrastructure". Campers often toss one on their roof without even leaving the vehicle. Easier than moving a chair. So, as I said, the geostationary legacy system immediately becomes entirely obsolete other than for redundancy, and is kinda irrelevant for uses like browsing the web.
The quality of connection is so much better, and as you can get a starlink mini with a 50GB plan for very little money, its already in the zone that just one worker could grab his own and bring it on the rig to use on his free time and to share.
Starlink terminals aren't "infrastructure". Campers often toss one on their roof without even leaving the vehicle. Easier than moving a chair. So, as I said, the geostationary legacy system immediately becomes entirely obsolete other than for redundancy, and is kinda irrelevant for uses like browsing the web.