Yet another Biden-Harris Admin Corruption Case

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Timeline:

In 2020, the FCC secured a commitment from Starlink to offer high-speed Internet to 640,000 rural locations for $1,300 per location in federal support.

After revoking that award in 2023, the government is now spending in the ballpark & upwards of $100,000 per location in cases.

2023 FCC: Claims that Starlink is not capable of providing high-speed Internet to thousands of people as the reason for revoking an $885M award to the company.

2024 FCC: Claims that Starlink provides so much high-speed Internet that the word monopoly should be tossed out there.

 

[Scruddy]

Same federal government also thought Boeing was a superior vendor for transport to and from the space station. Elon just keeps winning.

 

[BelemNole]

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Timeline:

In 2020, the FCC secured a commitment from Starlink to offer high-speed Internet to 640,000 rural locations for $1,300 per location in federal support.

After revoking that award in 2023, the government is now spending in the ballpark & upwards of $100,000 per location in cases.

2023 FCC: Claims that Starlink is not capable of providing high-speed Internet to thousands of people as the reason for revoking an $885M award to the company.

2024 FCC: Claims that Starlink provides so much high-speed Internet that the word monopoly should be tossed out there.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Boeing: Our two astronauts are stuck in space after years of delays. SpaceX please save us!

SpaceX: We’re kinda busy sending four civilians to go play around with spacewalks in newly designed EVA suits.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Which one is you, which one is @MeetTheFerentzes and which one is Ciggy?

 

[Scruddy]

Boeing: Our two astronauts are stuck in space after years of delays. SpaceX please save us!

SpaceX: We’re kinda busy sending four civilians to go play around with spacewalks in newly designed EVA suits.

Saving stranded astronauts left by Boeing, breaking records for space walks (with space operas even) and also supplying unheard of internet access world wide. Dems will unironically claim this man is a clown. Comical.

 

[jneffer]

anything that's bad the Extra Special Super Terrific Most Handsome Boy Elon is corruption

 

[Scruddy]

anything that's bad the Extra Special Super Terrific Most Handsome Boy Elon is corruption

Wat?

 

[BioHawk]

Hitting the crack pretty early today, I see, eh OP?

 

[BelemNole]

Which one is you, which one is @MeetTheFerentzes and which one is Ciggy?

I'm always the chucks. You're always clown shoes.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Sounds like both can be true. Good to have more competition in the industry, and government should be trying to get the best deal it can to provide these services. If that’s Starlink at the moment, so be it.

Where’s the “corruption” though?

 

[noStemsnoSTICKS]

Shocker. Another conspiracy theory.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Hitting the crack pretty early today, I see, eh OP?

Quoting the FCC Commissioner appointed by Barack Obama = “Hitting the crack”

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Where’s the “corruption” though?

They reneged on the contract under the premise that SpaceX couldn’t fulfill their obligations.

They then give funding to far inferior options/bidders at ~100X the cost and very likely years of delays.

Customers lose.
Americans lose.
Taxpayers get hosed.

Fast forward a year they claim they are basically a monopoly.

Consulting firms and DEI reps get greased though enlarging bureaucracy and creating partisans. Unions giving millions in campaign donations and political endorsements fo Democrats are greased.

It stinks to high heaven.