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Starlink Reveals the Government’s Problem of Picking Winners and Losers

Broadband Breakfast

SpaceX is in the news again and this time because its satellite internet system Starlink is offering  temporarily free  service to those impacted by Hurricane Milton. This is a good reminder of the range of broadband technologies, and why policymakers should not be picking winners and losers in broadband to fund deployment.

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FCC Chair Wants More Competition to SpaceX's Starlink

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2024 – Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said Wednesday the agency was taking steps to increase competition in the low-Earth orbit satellite internet sector. Speaking at the U.S.

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Biden Signs Bill to Speed FCC Review of LEO Satellite Launches

Broadband Breakfast

30, 2024 – Under a new law, the satellite industry should have an easier time gaining federal approval to deploy low-Earth orbit satellites that provide Internet access. Taken from the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation's Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years 2024–2044. WASHINGTON, Sept.

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Where’s Elon? U.S. Chamber Names Amazon Exec to Head New Space Council

Broadband Breakfast

The Chamber’s press release made no reference to Elon Musk , SpaceX or Starlink, the low-Earth orbit satellite internet access service that is expecting competition from Amazon's Project Kuiper. Brian Huseman , Vice President of Public Policy and Community Engagement at Amazon, will chair the new council.

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Joe Supan: The Rise and Inevitable Downfall of 7,000 Starlink Satellites

Broadband Breakfast

Two years ago, communities across Northwest Alaska woke to find that they had no internet or cellphone service. It would take 14 weeks for the cable to be repaired, but by then, Eben Hopson , a photographer in Utqiagvik, had already made the jump to Starlink — a satellite internet option from Elon Musk 's SpaceX. "It's

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5G

HCL Tech

5G is a mobile communications standard, which allows wireless internet access and connectivity at much faster speeds. 4G and 5G are technology standards for broadband cellular networks. The fifth-generation technology standard is 10x faster than 4G and allows for faster download speeds and faster connection to the internet.

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Unintended Consequences When the FCC Cannot Use Its Expertise and Respond to Changed Circumstances

Telefrieden

For example, the last major amendment to baseline telecommunications law occurred in 1996, with no assessment of how broadband and the Internet fundamentally change information, communications, and entertainment markets. See [link]. Midwest in March and April, researchers sampled stratospheric air using specialized mass spectrometers.