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> Otherwise it would be folded into the regular operating expenses. If you read the consent decree[1] you can see that the monetary fee is not the only thing D
by krisoft 3y ago
> Otherwise it would be folded into the regular operating expenses.
If you read the consent decree[1] you can see that the monetary fee is not the only thing DISH agreed to.
In section 18 you can see they agreed to implement a compliance plan. Basically they improve on their fuel tracking, and end of mission planning. This makes it more likely that this thing won't happen again, and also makes it easier to argue if it still happens that it happened wilfully.
1: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-888A2.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-888A2.pdf
- willcipriano 3y agoWouldn't they have also implemented a compliance program if they were fined 10% of revenue, you know to avoid future fines?
- cryptonector 3y agoThis is like getting a traffic infraction warning ticket from a police officer instead of an actual summons. If it has the desired effect then it's better than the alternative.
- idontpost 3y ago[dead]
- AnthonyMouse 3y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/85j254/til_of_the_dazexiang_uprising_in_qin_china_2/ https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/85j254/til_o... > Wouldn't they have also implemented a compliance program if they were fined 10% of revenue, you know to avoid future fines? They would have spent up to 10% of revenue on lawyers and lobbying to get out of the fine entirely and thereby have no fear of another one.
- willcipriano 3y agoSo they are too big to regulate? Great let's split them up.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoIt's not actually that big of a company. They only made ~$200M last year. But 10% of their revenue is $1.7B. It would cost them almost a decade's worth of profit, so that's how much they'd spend to prevent it, which is plenty enough to influence legislation. "Percent of revenue" fines are dumb and create crazy incentives.
- rdtsc 3y agoWell of course it won't look like a traffic ticket, when they just pay with a credit card online and call it done. There is paperwork and "promises" and agreements. They have to have a compliance "officer" now and they have to report that propellant tracking has been implemented. That's still a drop in the bucket to have to shorten the life of their satellites. The fuel alone probably costs more than $150k.