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Starlink has not brought an end to the subsidies. The Ontario government is in the process of rolling out subsidies of >$5000 per home under the AHSIP (Acceler
by bcrl 3y ago
Starlink has not brought an end to the subsidies. The Ontario government is in the process of rolling out subsidies of >$5000 per home under the AHSIP (Accelerated High Speed Internet Program). It should have increased competition (it was set up as a reverse auction), but the terms were such that all the smaller ISPs were unable to participate. The smallest award was $24.7 million to serve 3265 homes which works out to $7565 per home. The bonding requirement put that far out of reach of local ISPs as nobody can get bonded for $24 million when you're only doing $5-10 million a year in revenue. This program is supposed to be fully rolled out by the end of 2025.
- morkalork 3y agoThis is an astounding amount of money per household just to be gouged by the provider afterwards as a customer. If we're already paying that much through taxes, we may as well own it as a utility.