[Starlink] [NNagain] FCC Upholds Denial of Starlink's RDOF Application

Gert Doering gert at space.net
Fri Dec 15 08:24:12 EST 2023


Hi,

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 01:46:06PM +0100, Frantisek Borsik via Starlink wrote:
> The same is true for missing/loosing support for FWA in the grand/funding
> schemes:  all the arguments thrown around by fiber cheerleaders are based
> on bandwidth (at best) or "speed" (in most cases) or some theorethical
> future-proofness (I mean, we don't know what will happen in next hour,
> little less we know what will happen in next 10 years).

One important argument comparing fiber to DSL is power usage per port.

(I have no numbers for fiber vs. wireless ISP so I can't comment on that)

Gert Doering
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