Musk spent at least$132 millionto secure the White House and Congress for Republicans.
“Starlink truly is a game-changer for us rural folks,” said one user on Starlink’ssub-Reddit.
“After suffering with dial-up and Viasat for 15 years, it was a godsend.”
All of that has left Musk feeling pretty bitter.
BEAD has prioritized the expansion of fiber networks to rural areas at the expense of LEOs like Starlink.
“Fiber can be $10,000 to $30,000 per mile.
That might actually be understating it.
“But we have six people per square mile, and we have a lot of mountain passes.
We’re talking about going down a road for 80 miles and having one customer.”
For one, Starlink hasn’t proven that it has the capacity to connect millions of additional households.
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Christopher Ali, professor of telecommunications at Penn State University, told CNET.
“It’s good enough today, but it won’t be good enough tomorrow, right?
We’re not sure how well Starlink can scale.”
But that could change with Trump’s victory.
But that could change now that Republicans control the White House, which appoints the FCC’s chair.
“What is certain is that Musk will have a veto over the selection.”
I don’t want to read it.")
Musk could exercise his influence on broadband policy in several ways.
“It’s going to be a lot higher [after the Trump victory].
And that’s a very significant win.”
The USF includes the RDOF – the same one that rejected Starlink’s $900 million utility last year.
It’s pretty obvious to me they’re better off with none.”
“I doubt that Elon Musk or his people will say, ‘We want to kill USF.’
That’s not going to happen.
Musk did not respond to a request for comment.
