government and money in the same question answers the question On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 2:20 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would post this to the WISPA list but they don’t seem to like policy > discussions there, I guess I could find an address for someone on their > policy committee. > > > > But am I the only one that looks at the continual stated need to throw > tons of federal money at broadband deployment, and then looks at services > like Starlink and T-Mobile Home, and wonders if the govt funding is really > needed? And if the issue isn’t really coverage or speed, but price? > > > > Seems like soon any claim that a school kid can’t do online classes > because they have no Internet in their area will be bogus, once Starlink > launches enough satellites. But maybe every family can’t afford $100 per > month. That’s why I ask if the issue is price not availability or speed. > > > > And I saw that Starlink wants to be eligible for the govt broadband gravy > train. Same as Hughesnet and Viasat, I wonder what exactly would the > public dollars be funding? Launching satellites? Seems like they are > doing that anyway. Subsidies on CPE or monthly service? > > > > I know I’m something of an outlier because I don’t believe the govt should > subsidize anything but fiber. Seems like anything paid for with public > money should last 20 years and be infinitely upgradeable. And maybe be > neutral transport that lets the customer pick from various ISPs, although > that is probably pie-in-the-sky. Yes, if they are throwing money around, > why shouldn’t we get our fair share, but putting selfish interests aside, I > don’t get it. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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