I have a friend who is off-grid for everything except for the fiber to his house. He even has to haul his own water in as he doesn't have a well.
I only know people who tried hughesnet, none of them kept it. There are lots of mountains and trees here, so a WISP won't work. Distances are too great for DSL. Cell service (in this area) is lucky to be good enough to send a text.
With starlink this will be a lot easier. I think it comes down to fiber or starlink - and maybe a WISP if possible.
Things will presumably be better once Starlink or other next gen satellite systems are available. But the reality today in many rural areas is Hughesnet... or Hughesnet. None of the people I know who have it like it but it's the only choice some people have. So they just have to live with the data cost and performance and just not use Internet regularly for things like streaming video.
I only know people who tried hughesnet, none of them kept it. There are lots of mountains and trees here, so a WISP won't work. Distances are too great for DSL. Cell service (in this area) is lucky to be good enough to send a text.
With starlink this will be a lot easier. I think it comes down to fiber or starlink - and maybe a WISP if possible.