US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit

Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by intrasight on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @04:08PM (#38634149)

Agreed. The FCC shouldn't be giving out any funds. They should stick to their role as regulator. Starlink as a properly grounded libertarian outfit should have lobbied to have any subsidy role by the FCC discontinued. Starlink should have just competed in the broadband marketplace - as should have everyone else. In such a level playing field, I think Starlink would do just fine.

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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by jsight on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:48PM (#38635294)

I agree with this. But we have to operate in the world that exists and not necessarily the one that we wish to exist.

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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by fomine3 on Thursday December 14, 2023 @01:37AM (#38638479)

LEO space is a limited global resource. I think government should regulate (and sometimes subsidy) to avoid it become a private company's suck.

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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by intrasight on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:25AM (#38655671)

> I think government should regulate

That would just move it from private company suck to nation-state suck. It needs to be regulated by the International Telecommunication Union (UN).

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