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

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months 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.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -2 points 10 months 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.