SpaceX's Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband, as part of a $9.2B allocation by FCC to be paid across 180 auction bidders
SpaceX's Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5 million …
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Discussion
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@rossataca
Ross Lieberman
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Auctions are amazing! There's no other way the @FCC could have spent only $9.2B to deliver 100/10 Mbps to 5.2M locations in unserved census blocks. Let's not rest. Setting aside the very costly unserved blocks, how soon can we have another auction to subsidize the remaining ones?…
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@fcc
@fcc
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The @FCC just announced that bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction won $9.2 billion in funding to deploy high-speed #broadband to over 5.2 million unserved homes & businesses (or over 98% of locations available in the auction) in 49 states. https://www.fcc.gov/...
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@ajitpaifcc
Ajit Pai
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Here's the press release, which includes a breakdown by state of federal subsidies, number of bidders, and number of locations. https://docs.fcc.gov/... And you can find details about each winning bidder and its support/obligations via attachments here: https://www.fcc.gov/... ht…
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@carolynporco
Carolyn Porco
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What?!?! And I thought subsidizing wouldn't happen until some company went out of business & their assets had to be deorbited or managed by taxpayers. When did we get to vote on this? https://twitter.com/...