They lay their own fiber lines. They don't want space internet.
Starlink may be faster than fiber from NY to London.
People's whole model of satellite internet is anchored to the limitations of what came before with satellites tens of thousands of miles up. They need to recalibrate their thinking for satellites that might be closer than the nearest fiber repeater on their wired ISP's backbone provider.
The speed of light in a vacuum is 50% faster than the speed of light in optical fiber.