One comment about the analysis of ping times in the section "Low Earth Orbit Systems". Specifically, the analysis of ping times "within each 15s satellite tracking interval".
Most routers do not put ping-processing in the "fast path". That is, instead of having the ping be processed by an ASIC, the ping gets processed by the router's CPU. And ping-processing is typically a lower-priority task. Because of that, you can't assume that the high variation in latency is because of Starlink.
Most routers do not put ping-processing in the "fast path". That is, instead of having the ping be processed by an ASIC, the ping gets processed by the router's CPU. And ping-processing is typically a lower-priority task. Because of that, you can't assume that the high variation in latency is because of Starlink.