Re:FCC cancels Starlink’s and LTD's rural development grants
by tyrfing on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:04PM
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> Government has given hundreds of billions in broadband funding to the giant telecoms
Can you share a source for this? I'm very curious to see the breakdown of funding sources.
> there are others less well off within a hundred miles who were hoping to get Starlink if the monthly cost could be brought down by this program
Why would the company receiving free money make it cheaper, are there price caps that SpaceX wouldn't meet? You've clearly laid out that they have no competition.
> Funding very promising technology that is aggressively trying to ramp hard and has a clear 1-3 year horizon
They had 1.5 years. "1-3 year horizon" is thus clearly misleading, since halfway through that timeframe they are unable to meet requirements.
Can you share a source for this? I'm very curious to see the breakdown of funding sources.
> there are others less well off within a hundred miles who were hoping to get Starlink if the monthly cost could be brought down by this program
Why would the company receiving free money make it cheaper, are there price caps that SpaceX wouldn't meet? You've clearly laid out that they have no competition.
> Funding very promising technology that is aggressively trying to ramp hard and has a clear 1-3 year horizon
They had 1.5 years. "1-3 year horizon" is thus clearly misleading, since halfway through that timeframe they are unable to meet requirements.