To grab a couple bits of info from that page + google, to give people a good idea of the distances involved at a glance: Starlink orbit: 550km

To grab a couple bits of info from that page + google, to give people a good idea of the distances involved at a glance: Starlink orbit: 550km Geosynchronous orbit: 35,786km Earth's circumference: 40,075km Geosynchronous orbits are quite a way out. Latency at terrestrial distances can be painful already, bouncing through geosynchronous satellites will be multiples worse at a minimum. Meanwhile, Starlink's are at "normal" distances for networking - you probably connect to things further away all the time already.