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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 0 points 2 days ago

You are conflating latency... with bandwidth

That's why I put "speed" in quotes. When lay people say "speed," they mean a mix of latency and bandwidth, and lay people are the target for a discussion comparing Starlink and fiber internet.

Point to point wireless can be incredibly "fast" and reliable, at least until a storm interferes or knocks something out of alignment. We used point to point wireless at a previous company for our internet needs, and it worked really well, and I'm guessing more industrial installations are even better.

But your average person will have a much better experience with fiber to the home than fixed wireless. That's the point I think the OP is making.