The FCC is giving out money to build long term networks. A high maintenance, high cost of deployment satellite ISP is not permanent. I also believe the FCC was

The FCC is giving out money to build long term networks. A high maintenance, high cost of deployment satellite ISP is not permanent. I also believe the FCC was being fair in their assessment of Starlink's capacity in the future based on how many satellites must be launched for expanding coverage. And critically, meeting coverage requirements. Our ISP had to submit automated speed tests for various areas we serve to be eligible for further funding in those areas. The more people added to Starlink, the more slowdown and latency it will accrue until there are more satellites added to the cluster. As it was explained to me, Starlink was applying for broadband funding to provide 100/20 speeds, meaning they had to hit the 100/20 on their existing network as that was the service tier they were selling and they didn't quite make it.