Re:FCC cancels Starlink’s and LTD's rural development grants
by Moto7451 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:57PM
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> Next year it's likely the Senate will have changed hands, so the likelihood of the program still existing is low.
This program started under the previous administration. Overall these subsidies have been around forever and will likely continue. Here’s a negative take on the status quo that runs through the history up to this program:
Personally I think this falls into the category of “if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing poorly.” I actually think that having 100/20 as a benchmark is good and that Starlink will get there. Is it close enough to be an improvement over Hughsnet and 56k modems? Yes. Even at 20 up, 10 down it’s more usable.
Anything Elon Musk touches invites controversy these days so boring policy issues like this get a new life of their own.
This program started under the previous administration. Overall these subsidies have been around forever and will likely continue. Here’s a negative take on the status quo that runs through the history up to this program:
https://techpolicyinstitute.org/publications/broadband/rural...
Personally I think this falls into the category of “if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing poorly.” I actually think that having 100/20 as a benchmark is good and that Starlink will get there. Is it close enough to be an improvement over Hughsnet and 56k modems? Yes. Even at 20 up, 10 down it’s more usable.
Anything Elon Musk touches invites controversy these days so boring policy issues like this get a new life of their own.
If this were Comcast being shown the door we’d all be cheering. For example: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/man-who-built-is...