SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm Technologies

Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by sandworm101 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @09:47AM (#28106658)

So they are in violation of antitrust rules? If space is the future, SpaceX is the railroad and should not grant cheaper rates for cargo from its other businesses.

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Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:30AM (#28106967)

Good luck arguing this to regulators. They are cheap, but not the only option, both in the US and globally.

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Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by nickik on Monday August 09, 2021 @05:00AM (#28114119)

That logic doesn't work with current court interpretation of Anti-Trust. Read Judge Richard Posner on modern Anti-Trust law. Its not the late 1800s where it was basically politicians driving Anti-Trust train.

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Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by ctdonath on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:56AM (#28107183)

Can argue SpaceX is a global telecom company which is selling excess transport capacity to fund their transport cost center.

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