So you assume Starlink will relay the data primarily between satellites and will avoid handing them over to ground till close to destination? Why? Consider the

So you assume Starlink will relay the data primarily between satellites and will avoid handing them over to ground till close to destination? Why? Consider the inter-satellite relay is still in development and current mode of operation was described as "bent pipe". Even when it will be developed, it makes sense to offload data to nearest convenient fiber-connected ground station instead of satellites around the globe.