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FCC head Brendan Carr tells Europe to get on board with Starlink
(arstechnica.com)
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Fucking liars lying. Starlink wasn't giving a speed defined as "broadband" when they applied:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23999070/spacex-starlink-fcc-rural-digital-opportunity-fund-fcc-rejected
Does it have better latency than Hughes? Sure. Was it providing adequate throughput at the time? No. And it's pretty laughable that Starlink couldn't even keep up with Hughes 'cause I've used that shit and it's terrible for throughput at the node I tried.