The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.
The FCC said the decision impacting Elon Musk’s space company was based on Starlink’s failure to meet basic program requirements and that Starlink could not demonstrate it could deliver promised service after SpaceX had challeged the 2022 decision.
dope. no more making the public pay for things that will be privately owned and exploited for profit. sorry rich people, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and stop eating so much avocado toast.
Uhh this money is still going to get allocated to someone.
Yeah it is. To the shitty cable companies we’ve had for years that have promised to serve rural areas but never have. But it seems like the most important thing is the unions that install and service that cable.