From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 284EA3B2A4; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:44:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dlang-laptop (unknown [10.2.0.162]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124AD100A21; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:44:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:44:46 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang-laptop To: Jeremy Austin cc: dickroy@alum.mit.edu, Cake List , Make-Wifi-fast , Bob McMahon , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net, codel , cerowrt-devel , bloat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <202108101410.17AEAR4w075939@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <5AF5551E2A7041168E7071FDA0F6B8EC@SRA6> <03CA2CDA3EC5415DA229F835BE039994@SRA6> <92A399A23FEE4C52ADFC1734E6840756@SRA6> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="===============0491119421148961320==" Subject: Re: [Codel] [Starlink] Anhyone have a spare couple a hundred million ... Elon may need to start a go-fund-me page! X-BeenThere: codel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: CoDel AQM discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:44:48 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --===============0491119421148961320== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT the biggest problem starlink faces is shipping enough devices (and launching the satellites to support them), not demand. There are enough people interested in paying full price that if the broadband subsities did not exist, it wouldn't reduce the demand noticably. but if the feds are handing out money, SpaceX is foolish not to apply for it. David Lang On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Jeremy Austin wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:33:11 -0800 > From: Jeremy Austin > To: dickroy@alum.mit.edu > Cc: Cake List , > Make-Wifi-fast , > Bob McMahon , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net, > codel , > cerowrt-devel , > bloat > Subject: Re: [Starlink] Anhyone have a spare couple a hundred million ... Elon > may need to start a go-fund-me page! > > A 5.7% reduction in funded locations for StarLink is… not dramatic. If the > project falls on that basis, they've got bigger problems. Much of that > discrepancy falls squarely on the shoulders of the FCC and incumbent ISPs > filing form 477, as well as the RDOF auction being held before improving > mapping — as Rosenworcel pointed out. The state of broadband mapping is > still dire. > > If I felt like the reallocation of funds would be 100% guaranteed to > benefit the end Internet user… I'd cheer too. > > If. > > JHA > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 12:16 PM Dick Roy wrote: > >> You may find this of some relevance! >> >> >> >> >> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/ajit-pai-apparently-mismanaged-9-billion-fund-new-fcc-boss-starts-cleanup/ >> >> >> >> Cheers (or whatever!), >> >> >> >> RR >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >> > > > --===============0491119421148961320== Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Content-Disposition: INLINE X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KU3Rhcmxpbmsg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0ClN0YXJsaW5rQGxpc3RzLmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldC9saXN0aW5mby9zdGFybGluawo= --===============0491119421148961320==--