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US agency will not reinstate $900 mln subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You'll be even more to shocked that it's often a multi-month wait and you need to pay $600 for the Satellite dish. Not including install, or mounting hardware.

That said - it's the best option that a lot of people have ever had. They often can use no internet, old-school satellites which is basically 56kbps, and Starlink.