Starlink chose the 100mbps threshold over trying to satisfy the lower speed threshold because the higher threshold makes their business plan viable (it lets them get $$$ government funding for providing high-speed rural connectivity).
They don't get kudos for failing to meet the standard they're required to meet as a condition of the government program they need to make their business work.
> The full Starlink satellite system doesn't have 4,408 sats. That's just the Gen 1 constellation. They have committed to completing the Gen 2 constellation, with an additional 7,518 sats, which each provide many times more bandwidth than the Gen 1 sats, by 2027, well in time for the RDOF.
They don't get kudos for failing to meet the standard they're required to meet as a condition of the government program they need to make their business work.