The FCC decided it wouldn’t be the “best” use of limited funds.

Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies::The FCC reaffirmed a decision not to award Starlink a nearly $900 million subsidy for offering 100Mbps/20Mbps low-latency internet service in 35 states.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    354·
    10 months ago

    If your business plan involves firing out infinite rockets full of cell towers forever. You should probably just spend the money on copper instead.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      This makes zero sense. If that was profitable it would have been done already.

      • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
        74·
        10 months ago

        It’s not, neither is starlink. That’s the whole point. You have two things, you can either launch infinite rockets forever or lay some infrastructure that we can benefit from forever.

        Why America chooses not to lay infrastructure is beyond me. More so why Americans justify it so often. This shit is why America doesn’t have trains.

        • crazyCat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Preach the truth brother. The single most effective way to spread more internet is more cable and towers.

        • LilB0kChoy@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Bundle it all together! We have tons of electrical that should be moved underground. Throw internet lines into that pool too and put it all under the ground and run the network cables everywhere the power goes.