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If Starlink is in your area, this is an option worth looking into.

So far it appears that only early beta customers of Starlink are getting anywhere close to useable service and as soon as it opens up to more customers the links quickly saturate and you're back to whatever everyone else is offering - except with higher latencies. Something about Shannon's Law. It's better than nothing for folks who don't have any other options, but it's not a solution to this particular problem.

The best solution I've seen to date is city-run fiber.

Or 4g/5g. I bought a place way out in the boonies and I’m getting 70 down with a 4x4 MIMO antenna, no data cap. Without the antenna it would be <5 down.

Neither starlink nor most terrestrial telco offer real internet service. I don't really care about speed. I care about participating in the internet and consistent latency. Some rare terrestrial telcos will offer ipv4 addresses and so use of ports for a much higher fee but it is the general rule that most don't. Consistent latency is impossible to achieve with wireless' random round trip time and tcp back-off.

They're fine services for consuming media but they aren't very good ISPs.

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