The FCC denied SpaceX’s request for nearly $1 billion in Starlink subsidies for rural Internet.
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected SpaceX’s request for more than $1 billion in financial support for its Starlink satellite Internet network, which serves rural broadband users. Elon Musk-owned SpaceX received $885.5 million at the FCC’s $9.2 billion auction in December 2020 as part of the agency’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. According to …