Being in ham radio, i have made some rather awesome array of friends locally that i would not otherwise have made. One works for the cable/internet company. According to him our internet gets "beamed" to our local area by way of microwave dishes from a central hub. Then from there goes through fiber optic cables to our house (if thats your service). Very little actually comes through satalite. Another friend does deep space photography from his house just outside of town. He complains about all the starlink sats getting in the pictures. Ill have to ask if i can post some of his. I know most intercontinental internet is through undersea cables. A few of them actually cross on an island where they are visible.