Elon seems to be very anti-subsidy. He has made multiple statements to that effect over the years when asked. Even ones that would add funds to his own companies.
Obviously if the government is giving out money you'd rather them give it to you instead of your competition. But as has been already said, the money is rarely free. I've gotten the impression that Musk is just tired of the government picking winners and losers and just want them to get out of the subsidy business. I'm not a great fan of Musk in many ways, but in this case I'd generally agree. If we're actually being honest, there really aren't many square miles in the US that can't get a usable broadband connection, assuming you believe like I do that Starlink is more than usable. I have a starlink dish which I use on the rare occasions when my primary home link is down. I don't remember the last time I saw a link test under 100mb/s when I've swapped over to it. Latency is low enough I that I can't tell for sure which link I'm on. Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 4:26 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote: > It seems likely that he’ll receive pressure to include Starlink in BEAD, > since, you know, Elon. It seems opaque whether he’ll see the value of > open/shared/lightly licensed spectrum, especially something sub 5GHz, but > that’s what I want for Christmas, in case he calls and asks. > > Maybe I should upgrade my phone so I don’t miss the call. > > On Nov 18, 2024, at 3:01 PM, <ch...@go-mtc.com> <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote: > > When in college I was a fiscal conservative, small government, don’t waste > money. All except for pell grants... > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2024 3:38 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss > > It’s hard to keep track, like I can’t remember are they going to ban > Tiktok, or save it? > > And are EVs good, or bad? > > And what if all the fiber techs are illegal immigrants? > > As far as BEAD, even without a DOGE department, a lot of people might > agree that BEAD is way too big and a waste of taxpayer money. But is it > too late to get the genie back in the bottle? Normally I would think so. > But the next administration is promising a lot of things that I would > normally think are too outside the box, so maybe BEAD could get cancelled > or at least get a severe haircut. > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@go-mtc.com > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2024 1:54 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss > > We will see. We can hope. > *From:* Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2024 12:50 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss > > > Historically, Republicans were about reduced spending. That's gone. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *ch...@go-mtc.com > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Monday, November 18, 2024 1:42:39 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss > Historically, republican administrations were always against the USDA RUS > programs. I presume they will be against the Bead if they can be. As far > as the FCC goes, one would think Elon would be no friend to the WISPS. Who > knows.... > > > > *From:* Dev > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2024 12:08 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss > > I see this in Politico "Carr has repeatedly pushed for a more aggressive > plan to free up wireless spectrum for the private sector” and wonder what > that means, aside from auctioning it all off to VZ/ATT/etc., will we get > any without billions to spend? > > > On Nov 18, 2024, at 11:01 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > I said this to someone on FB: > > What is the source of your appreciation for Carr? Is it something solid > like a variety of specific policy proposals he has talked about or is it > simply because he said things favorably of your preferred political > candidate? > > > Neither party is really all that great for small operators. There's a Venn > Diagram of sorts of things that are for and against small ISPs with both > parties, with neither party really taking home the prize for best. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Dev" <d...@logicalwebhost.com> > *To: *AF@af.afmug.com > *Sent: *Monday, November 18, 2024 12:55:59 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] new FCC boss > > So what will Carr do for/against the little guys? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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