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Starlink Funding at Risk? SpaceX Wants Exemptions to US Broadband Program
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PCMag Australia
SpaceX is subtly suggesting it could bail from a federal program to expand high-speed internet in the US, unless Starlink and other satellite internet services receive certain exemptions.
The company is poised to receive $661 million from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, which was overhauled last year to prioritize more funding for satellite internet systems.
SpaceX and the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which oversees the BEAD program, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The document indicates SpaceX plans on mailing a Starlink dish to interested users who request service in the BEAD locations.
Still, the company has only been offering the 100Mbps and 200Mbps plans in areas where it has excess network capacity.