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Starlink isn't cheap from what I can see, but may be an option if cable keeps going the way it's been going.

"Reliable high-speed internet, wherever you live. $120/mo in most locations & hardware cost of $599."

I'm using StarLink now and it's pretty great. I was skeptical of satellite working very well, but zoom meetings and all work just fine. It's about as plug and play as internet can get. Speed doesn't match my 1gb at home, but it's only noticeable when downloading something large.

I have done zero research, but my assumption is that ping/lag is far from where gamers would want it. Back in the day I would have said that wouldn't really tip the scales but it's more uncertain now...

Starlink satellites are a couple orders of magnitude closer to Earth than legacy satellite internet. If you are in a remote area Starlink could actually be faster than ground connections because it’s one hop to the base station which is likely to be near your desired servers.

I don't game, but Speed test shows < 150ms ping and a < 100ms idle ping. There's no latency doing video chats.

If you replace the hardware every 5 years just count on $120 (service) + $10 (hw) a month.

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