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P2MP wireless service is often oversubscribed. Starlink provides competition in the space which has required incumbents to pull up their socks. But anywhere that p2mp is used, fibre could be installed. It’s not got that much range. There’s applications for p2mp but if it’s an ISP, run the fibre.
However, it’s pretty difficult to do p2p wireless to a ship without bouncing through space. There are a lot of really good applications for LEO satellite internet but it is a tragedy that it’s not something humanity can get together to build as a common service, but rather it is the property of a couple billionaires.
Running fiber is really expensive, and even if you are willing to invest the capital, getting access to utility poles or permission to put a trench through someone's property is arduous, maybe not even possible in some cases.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great if we had more fiber infrastructure in more places, it does provide societal benefit, but it's not necessarily viable to do if motivated by generating profits alone
Computers and their networks are the new means of production, and private ownership of the means of production has demonstrated to be a blight.