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The government shouldn’t give out billion dollar participation trophies. There’s a set of metrics to meet. Starlink is moving the wrong way against those metr
by lolbase 3y ago
The government shouldn’t give out billion dollar participation trophies.
There’s a set of metrics to meet. Starlink is moving the wrong way against those metrics. As such, they’ll need to succeed unaided in the marketplace, instead of getting a government handout.
- 2devnull 3y agoPerhaps not billion dollar, but shouldn’t it give some participation trophies? How else to entice innovation in certain areas, especially when the interest rates are killing small tech outfits.
- lolbase 3y agoNo, it should not.
- intrasight 3y agoAgreed. The FCC shouldn't be giving out any funds. They should stick to their role as regulator. Starlink as a properly grounded libertarian outfit should have lobbied to have any subsidy role by the FCC discontinued. Starlink should have just competed in the broadband marketplace - as should have everyone else. In such a level playing field, I think Starlink would do just fine.
- _ea1k 3y agoI agree with this. But we have to operate in the world that exists and not necessarily the one that we wish to exist.
- fomine3 3y agoLEO space is a limited global resource. I think government should regulate (and sometimes subsidy) to avoid it become a private company's suck.
- intrasight 3y ago> I think government should regulate That would just move it from private company suck to nation-state suck. It needs to be regulated by the International Telecommunication Union (UN).