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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] 19 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Incoming Starlink price increases...

"New and improved" Starlink, with lightning fast speeds upto 8mbps, now from only $1399 per month...

/s

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Separating Starlink from musk as much as is possible, it's been a great service for me.

My only other option where I live is 20/1 DSL from CenturyLink, a company which, for me, has been far worse to deal with than Xfinity. The 20/1 service wasn't even that fast when tested. If one device in the house managed to get a decent download going, the uplink would saturate and prevent pretty much any other traffic.

Starlink meanwhile has been a huge improvement at 120/10 most of the time for me, and very reliable. I pay $120/month.

There's zero chance any service provider is going to run better corrections out to my neighborhood, the line of sight service options are not in my line of sight, and cell service is a joke.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Wow 120 dollars a month is a pretty hefty price. Didn't know that's what the cost was

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's literally the exact same amount I'm paying Comcast in suburbia. The speed it a little bit better most of the time but it's not like I can make full use of it.

If you think that price is insane, go check out the price for legacy satellite internet and the speeds/data cap they provide for it.

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