US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink

Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink by inemesitaffia on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#38632780)

There's fines and no evidence SpaceX was getting billions. The award amount is public and paid monthly

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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink by CamelCaseName on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:24PM (#38632832)

Sorry, I thought the award stated was annual, reading it more closely I see that it's not.

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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink by inemesitaffia on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:33PM (#38632987)

The amount everyones quoting is the full fat amount over the life of the contract.

You have to show you can do most of it yourself i.e raise the money.

After a %age deployment the FCC checks if you've met the deployment timeline and checks your speeds then starts paying you and keeps testing as you deploy according to the timeline.

You don't get a dime upfront.

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