[Starlink] No RDOF-Funds for Starlink

[warren ponder]

The FCC public announcement doc has more detail than the FCC press release.

It details the upfront cost as you recall as a factor. It also highlights
that SpaceX simply would not respond to questions for clarification
regarding details of the required long for regarding performance details,
design details and how they would address their concerns ( Likely some came
from this study)

Performance was also raised as was the concern of it being emerging
technology.

WP

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 1:28 PM David Lang via Starlink <
starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> I thought I had read that they were upset over the $500 up front cost of
> starlink more than anything else.
>
> David Lang
>
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2022, Daniel AJ Sokolov via Starlink wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:47:33 -0700
> > From: Daniel AJ Sokolov via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> > Reply-To: Daniel AJ Sokolov <daniel at falco.ca>
> > To: Benjamin Henrion via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> > Subject: [Starlink] No RDOF-Funds for Starlink
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Starlink was posed to receive 900 million USD from the FCC's Rural
> > Digital Opportunity Fund to bring broadband internet to unserviced areas
> > of the United States - until it wasn't.
> >
> > Earlier this month, the FCC decided NOT to give Starlink any of the 900
> > million dollars after all.
> > https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-848A1.pdf
> >
> > "The Bureau has determined that, based on the totality of the long-form
> > applications, the expansive service areas reflected in their winning
> > bids, and their inadequate responses to the Bureau’s follow-up
> > questions, LTD and Starlink are not reasonably capable of complying with
> > the Commission’s requirements. The Commission has an obligation to
> > protect our limited Universal Service Funds and to avoid extensive
> > delays in providing needed service to rural areas, including by avoiding
> > subsidizing risky proposals that promise faster speeds than they can
> > deliver, and/or propose deployment plans that are not realistic or that
> > are predicated on aggressive assumptions and predictions. We observe
> > that Ookla data reported as of July 31, 2022 indicate that Starlink’s
> > speeds have been declining from the last quarter of 2021 to the second
> > quarter of 2022, including upload speeds that are falling well below 20
> > Mbps. Accordingly, we deny LTD’s and Starlink’s long-form applications,
> > and both are in default on all winning bids (...)"
> >
> > (For purposes of Starlink, you can ignore the parts about LTD Broadband.)
> >
> > Also note this 2021 study showing Starlink's impending capacity crunch:
> >
> > We forecast a capacity shortfall in 2028:
> > - 56% of RDOF subscribers are congested in a forecasted
> > low demand scenario
> > - More locations will be impacted if RDOF usage is higher,
> > or SpaceX launches fewer satellites by 2028
> > . RDOF service could be significantly worse if Starlink
> > capacity is allocated to non-RDOF use cases
> >
> >
> https://www.ntca.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-02/FBA_LEO_RDOF_Assessment_Final_Report_20210208.pdf
> >
> >
> > FYI
> > Daniel
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