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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth (news.ubc.ca)
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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The FCC is the Federal Communication Commission for the US. They're a US federal agency meant to do domestic policy in anything telecom and radio.

The intent of the subsidies was not for ships or international communication. It was meant for rural US properties. That's why it should have been allocated to PUDs (public utility district). It would have been more useful for the people paying the taxes to give broadband subsidies.

Shipping companies can pay their own way - they're corporations and can afford it. The subsides should not have gone to SpaceX.