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SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant (arstechnica.com)

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SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant::FCC doubts ability to provide high-speed, low-latency service in all grant areas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If only there was some way for the government to take the money, then just like... Directly hire qualified people to actually do it.

Maybe we could take a little money from everyone, then charge just enough to keep the system running?

I know, it's a pretty crazy idea...I mean, it would be expensive up front, but it would be way cheaper for the service. Plus, we could stop paying ISPs to pinkie promise to build out modern infrastructure or lying about serving rural areas to get grants

(Btw, the government bought out iridium, the company that does satellite phones, when they ran out of money and were days away from decommissioning the whole constellation. And they've kept it going for decades... So I bet they could tap those guys for the roadmap to a lower orbit solution... Or we could just keep it wired while we improve the tech)