Starlink meets the intent of fast internet, if not their arbitrary line. Everyone I know who has one loves it.
https://spacenews.com/fcc-commissioner-criticizes-starlinks-...
Starlink is also painfully expensive. I've sent them several customers, but I know what it is: a last chance for rural people who've been abandoned to rotting DSL lines. That being said, line of sight is impressively competitive both on bandwidth potential and the most important factor to casual users, cost.
You don't want your mobile phone to drain even faster than it already does, or a Starlink antenna exceeding microwave radiation limits for anyone walking past it (I've seen many of them installed on the ground or at least below eye level).
> House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, a Republican, asked the FCC in a letter Monday to turn over documents by Oct. 21 on the decision. The committee seeks to ensure the FCC "followed established processes and is not improperly using the regulatory process for political purposes."
There's a potential for comedy here, at least. James Comer, for people who aren't familiar, makes the Alaskan senator who once compared the internet to "a series of tubes" look like Isaac Newton by comparison.
RDOF in particular required installation and battery backup.
It's not money for nothing and ground stations aren't free.
The plan was to deliver a free to the customer bundle with telephony
No one's states that in their application because it's a given so this $600 nonsense is misplaced.
And there's other middle mile infrastructure