Starlink Ineligible For Nearly $900M In Subsidies, Says FCC: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Says It Is 'Flat-Out Lying'
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September 2, 2024 4:01 AM
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SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite internet service is not eligible to receive $885.5 million in subsidies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reiterated on Friday.
What Happened: In 2022, the FCC concluded that it would not offer subsidies to Starlink from its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, alleging that the SpaceX subsidiary failed to demonstrate that it had the technical and financial ability to deploy internet with certain speeds at 642,925 locations in 35 states.
Virginia E-rate consultant Greg Weisiger subsequently filed a petition for reconsideration of the order earlier this year. However, the Wireline Competition Bureau said on Friday that the petition does not provide any new information or evidence of changed circumstances which disputes the agency’s prior decision.
SpaceX CEO Responds: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk slammed the FCC on Saturday and alleged that it is “just flat-out lying.”
“How exactly does SpaceX not have the technical or financial ability to do something that it is already doing?” Musk wrote on X.
How exactly does SpaceX not have the technical or financial ability to do something that it is already doing?
They're just flat-out lying.
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