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. > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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