FCC Still a No on Broadband Subsidies for Musk's Starlink

WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2024 – For the third time, no.

The Federal Communications Commission said Friday – for the third time in two years – that Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service will not receive nearly $900 million in subsidies to get thousands of rural U.S. homes and businesses online.

In a ruling by the Wireline Competition Bureau, the agency said it had not changed its prior position reached in 2022 that Starlink did not have the technical or financial capabilities to provide service at speeds required to obtain grants from the agency's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.