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> (And then failed at providing it)? Lol, a datacap of 1TB a month is hardly a failure for the very rural users who don't have the choice of signing up with th

> (And then failed at providing it)? Lol, a datacap of 1TB a month is hardly a failure for the very rural users who don't have the choice of signing up with the likes of Comcast (who pull this same sort of "unlimited*" bullshit too.) I never met a residential ISP that I felt did business honestly, but to call Starlink a failure because of a 1TB limit is some serious mental gymnastics. Same old scummy ISP practices? Certainly. A failure? Give me a break.

nrmitchi 4y ago
That's not what I'm referring to. Starlink was attempting to get almost $1B worth of grants from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which exists to "bring high speed fixed broadband service to rural homes and small businesses that lack it". They quite literally failed to prove that they could provide the service they claimed. > The FCC has rejected the SpaceX unit's bid to receive $885.5 million in aid through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The broadband provider "failed to demonstrate" that it could deliver the claimed service, according to a statement. https://www.engadget.com/fcc-rejects-spacex-starlink-rural-broad-band-funds-194352343.html https://www.engadget.com/fcc-rejects-spacex-starlink-rural-b...