I think you’re reading too much into it.
It reads a lot more like “we hear that you would like a better network, but we already make money. There’s no good reason to spend a lot of time, money and effort to build the same network most other developed countries are building when we get paid either way. I’m sure you understand. Just tell everyone else in the house to switch off their video calls when you want to play your game and it might work.”
The reason Starlink exists is most probably because they realised early on that not only could they build a useful product for rural users, but that building out wired/fiber networks was so expensive - and so marred in politics and lobbying - that traditional players have zero prospect of getting their act together in a way that would be competitive.