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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The issue with starlink is the choice to be in LEO instead of using geosats. It lowers the latency but it makes the whole project completely unsustainable.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

I suspect they'll eventually move to a slightly higher orbit, where their satellites can last a decade or so, once the technology is more mature.