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A comment on FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color coded by bidder. Parent comment

Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by wmf on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:30PM (#25400329)
I assume the Hughes bids are for HughesNet not OneWeb.
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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by octoberfranklin on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:10PM (#25400630)
Yeah there is a scheme where a bidder can "assign" their winning bid to a subsidiary. A lot of telcos are required to keep their local exchanges as unmerged separate corporations for regulatory reasons.
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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by roamingryan on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:40PM (#25400922)
Interesting because HughesNet as it exists today is serviced with GEO satellites. These can't hit the latency requirements of the RDOF program

Only the OneWeb sats at LEO can deliver on the latency requirements.

It will be interesting to see what happens as the FCC reviews the "long form" applications.

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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by wmf on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:46PM (#25400969)
RDOF has a high-latency tier to accommodate GEO.
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