the biggest problem starlink faces is shipping enough devices (and launching the
satellites to support them), not demand. There are enough people interested in
paying full price that if the broadband subsities did not exist, it wouldn't
reduce the demand noticably.
but if the feds are handing out money, SpaceX is foolish not to apply for it.
David Lang
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Jeremy Austin wrote:
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:33:11 -0800
From: Jeremy Austin <jer...@aterlo.com>
To: dick...@alum.mit.edu
Cc: Cake List <c...@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-f...@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
Bob McMahon <bob.mcma...@broadcom.com>, starl...@lists.bufferbloat.net,
codel <co...@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
cerowrt-devel <cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
bloat <bl...@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Anhyone have a spare couple a hundred million ... Elon
may need to start a go-fund-me page!
A 5.7% reduction in funded locations for StarLink is… not dramatic. If the
project falls on that basis, they've got bigger problems. Much of that
discrepancy falls squarely on the shoulders of the FCC and incumbent ISPs
filing form 477, as well as the RDOF auction being held before improving
mapping — as Rosenworcel pointed out. The state of broadband mapping is
still dire.
If I felt like the reallocation of funds would be 100% guaranteed to
benefit the end Internet user… I'd cheer too.
If.
JHA
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 12:16 PM Dick Roy <dick...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
You may find this of some relevance!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/ajit-pai-apparently-mismanaged-9-billion-fund-new-fcc-boss-starts-cleanup/
Cheers (or whatever!),
RR
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