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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rejected SpaceX<\/a>'s Starlink<\/a> and LTD Broadband<\/a>'s applications for more than $2 billion in internet service subsidies<\/a>, the FCC said on Wednesday.
In December 2020, the FCC tentatively awarded $9.2 billion to over 300 bidders to deploy high-speed broadband from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. LTD<\/a> Broadband won $1.32 billion and SpaceX<\/a>'s Starlink<\/a> satellite internet<\/a> network won $885.5 million in the 2020 auction.
SpaceX, which is run by billionaire Elon Musk, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
\"Starlink's technology has real promise,\" said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a statement disclosing that the agency had rejected its long-form applications. But the FCC was hesitant to publicly subsidize Starlink's developing technology, especially given that users need to purchase a $600 dish.
LTD<\/a>, which has tower sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, said it is \"extremely disappointed\" in the decision.
\"I don't believe the FCC fully appreciated the benefits LTD Broadband<\/a> would bring to hundreds of thousands of rural Americans. We are continuing to review the letter and are evaluating our next steps,\" the company's CEO, Corey Hauer, told Reuters in an email.
The FCC noted that Starlink, a fast-growing constellation of internet-beaming satellites, relies on nascent low-earth orbit satellite technology and had sought funding to provide 100\/20 Mbps service to 642,925 locations in 35 states.
\"We must put scarce universal service dollars to their best possible use as we move into a digital future that demands ever more powerful and faster networks,\" Rosenworcel said. \"We cannot afford to subsidize ventures that are not delivering the promised speeds or are not likely to meet program requirements.\"
The FCC said the two companies both provided inadequate responses to questions and are not capable of complying with commission requirements.
The FCC cited data as of July 31 indicating Starlink's speeds declined between the last quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022, and its upload speeds have fallen well below 20 Mbps.
SpaceX has steadily launched some 2,700 Starlink satellites since 2019 and has amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers, including many who pay $110 a month for broadband internet using $599 self-install terminal kits.
To date, the FCC rural internet subsidy program has authorized more than $5 billion in funding to bring mostly fiber gigabit broadband service to over 3 million locations in 47 states.
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美国拒绝宽带补贴SpaceX的我们,有限公司
2020年12月,美国联邦通信委员会初步获得92亿到300美元竞购者从农村部署高速宽带数字机会基金。有限公司宽带赢得13.2亿美元,SpaceX我们卫星互联网网络赢得了8.855亿美元在2020年的拍卖。
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华盛顿:美国联邦通信委员会拒绝SpaceX公司的我们和有限公司宽带申请超过20亿美元互联网服务补贴,联邦通信委员会周三说。
2020年12月,美国联邦通信委员会初步获得92亿到300美元竞购者从农村部署高速宽带数字机会基金。有限公司宽带赢得13.2亿美元SpaceX公司的我们 卫星网络网络拍卖赢得了8.855亿年的2020美元。
SpaceX是由亿万富翁Elon Musk,没有立即回复记者的置评请求。
说:“我们的技术真正的承诺,FCC主席杰西卡Rosenworcel在一份声明中透露,该机构拒绝了其长篇应用程序。但FCC犹豫公开补贴我们的开发技术,尤其是考虑到用户需要购买600美元的菜。
有限公司,塔网站在爱荷华州、明尼苏达州、内布拉斯加、南达科塔州和威斯康辛州,他说这是“非常失望”的决定。
“我不相信FCC充分重视利益有限公司宽带美国人将成千上万的农村。我们正在继续复习字母和正在评估我们的下一个步骤,”该公司的首席执行官,科里hau,在一封电子邮件中告诉路透社。
FCC指出,我们的快速增长的星座internet-beaming卫星,依靠新兴的低地球轨道卫星技术和寻求资金提供100/20 Mbps服务在35个州642925个地点。
“我们必须把稀缺的普遍服务资金最佳使用我们进入一个数字化未来,需要更强大的和更快的网络,“Rosenworcel说。“我们不能补贴企业不提供承诺的速度或不太可能满足项目的要求。”
FCC表示,两家公司都提供了应对问题和不足不能够遵守委员会要求。
FCC引用数据截止到7月31日指示我们的速度下降在2021年第四季度和2022年第二季度,和它的上传速度已经远远低于20 Mbps。
SpaceX公司稳步推出约2700我们卫星自2019年以来,积累了成千上万的用户,其中许多人支付110美元一个月宽带互联网使用599美元self-install终端盒。
迄今为止,FCC农村互联网补贴项目授权超过50亿美元的资金将主要光纤千兆宽带服务在47个州超过300万个地点。
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