It's a definite win for taxpayers either way

On Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 7:37 AM Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote:

> In the big picture do you think Amazon or Starlink really care if they
> actually get paid?    The money is a drop in the bucket for a worldwide LEO
> system.   It’s more risk to them having fiber funded to all of these
> locations.   This feels more like a defensive play than anything.   If they
> get some government money out of it (in their view) it’s great, and if they
> don’t and can keep fiber out, they get money anyway.     For the LEO
> providers this is a win, win, or win big.
>
> If they have to forfeit some money in the end, do they really care?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2025, at 12:41 PM, Jesse DuPont <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> The other challenge for LEO is they don't get to reduce their Letter of
> Credit or Bond amounts until they have subscribers that meet milestones
> (not just having covered BSLs, but actual subscribers). So they'll be
> motivated to get people to sign up, whatever that looks like.
>
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