Over there FCC denied an $886 million grant a SpaceX. “The company has not been able to demonstrate that it can provide us with the requested service,” said a spokesperson for the US agency.
Elon Musk’s company had participated in an effort to bring high-speed internet to the country of the United States of America. SpaceX needed to bring broadband connectivity to low-density areas not reached by traditional network infrastructures. The company had suggested doing this using its own Starlink satellites.
The United States government has allocated $9.2 billion in an effort to narrow the digital divide between major cities and the range of areas – from the countryside to the mountains – now cut off from the latest generation of fiber-optic infrastructures. The announcement promoted as part of the initiative Rural Digital Opportunity Fund however, the LTD Broadband company had also participated, but made the same fortune as SpaceX: request denied. No subsidies from taxpayers.
We have a limited number of resources at our disposal and it is our duty to use them to the best of our ability. We cannot afford side initiatives that cannot guarantee the promised speeds or are unlikely to meet the demands of the call.
explained Jessica Rosenworcel, chair of the FCC. “Starlink has great potential,” he added, “but it makes no sense to fund a technology that is still under development.”
Source: Lega Nerd
