A ton of really interesting details in this. Here's a few: Col. Eric Felt, director of space architecture at the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, said the plan is to acquire a constellation of Starshield satellites by 2029, contingent upon receiving the necessary funding appropriations from Congress. Speaking at SAE Media Group’s Milsatcom USA conference on June 10, Felt noted that the military has been an avid consumer of SpaceX’s commercial Starlink services, but also wants to take advantage of the company’s dedicated Starshield product line and procure a government-owned constellation. In a briefing slide presented at the conference, titled “Satcom 2029,” Felt showed the DoD’s notional future satcom architecture including more than 100 Starshield satellites. “We are burning through our procurement contract ceiling really quickly,” Hopper said, referring to the $900 million, 10-year IDIQ agreement for proliferated LEO satellite services her office and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) established just a year ago with 20 vendors including SpaceX. “In fact, by this time next year, we expect $500 million of that ceiling to be consumed,” she said at the Milsatcom USA conference. “So we are working with DISA right now to increase that ceiling well into the billions. We do view this contract as being a workhorse, and the demand for it is off the charts.” The satellite internet service Hopper’s office procures today from SpaceX is currently branded as Starshield although it utilizes SpaceX’s commercial Starlink satellite constellation, and not a dedicated military Starshield system. “All of our users are on the commercial Starlink constellation,” Hopper explained. DoD has “unique service plans that contain privileged capabilities and features that are not available commercially.” The satellite internet service Hopper’s office procures today from SpaceX is currently branded as Starshield although it utilizes SpaceX’s commercial Starlink satellite constellation, and not a dedicated military Starshield system. “All of our users are on the commercial Starlink constellation,” Hopper explained. DoD has “unique service plans that contain privileged capabilities and features that are not available commercially.” More on reddit.com

Won’t they be using starshield? I thought that was supposed to be for the military. More on reddit.com

Has location requirements most services don't Expensive up front costs. Expensive monthly cost relative to bandwidth. Inconsistent performance. You actually have to mount something, usually on your roof. That said - it's the best option by far if you don't have decent land based alternatives. More on reddit.com