No, I'm saying that the ships would like it. Also having used geosynchronous satellite internet I have first hand experience that the lag sucks. Better than nothing, but Starlink has less lag. Probably faster but I don't know what the latest speeds are. Still geosynchronous covers a lot of area which means you are sharing with a lot of people.

Cruise ships pay a lot for internet because their customers want it. Crew on all ships want it for their breaks.

Starlink isn't worth it for just the above, but add in rural people on land and it makes sense. Though I understand the astronomers hate it.

that don’t have to be constantly replaced.

Its by delibarate choice

Increase the orbit by a bit and it quickly goes from about 5 years to decades and decades for reentry

The entire point is that they will be replaceing them that often anyways, may as well get some other benefits

Fiber without cell towers are pointless. Ships and boats commonly have starlink internet now, because it is so much better than any alternative. Cell towers are needed for fiber to compete.

The pacific has some deep trenches, I don't think fiber runs across them.