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Starlink explains why its FCC map listings are so different from reality
SpaceX has offered a public explanation for why Starlink's actual service availability falls far short of what it claimed on the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband map. SpaceX's FCC filings indicate it offers fixed broadband at virtually every address in the US even though the Starlink website's service map shows it has a waitlist in huge portions of the country. SpaceX removed some homes from the FCC database when residents filed challenges because they were unable to order Starlink at addresses listed as served on the FCC map. SpaceX tried to clear up the confusion in
Texas Republican wants ISPs to block a wide range of abortion websites (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 06:31US says Google routinely destroyed evidence and lied about use of auto-delete (Ars Technica)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 02/24/2023 - 14:03Meta must pay $175M for patent-infringing livestreaming tech, judge says (Ars Technica)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 17:38After defending false data, Comcast admits another FCC broadband map mistake
Comcast has fessed up to another mistake on the national broadband map after previously insisting that false data it gave the Federal Communications Commission was actually correct.
Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hedged repair bill (Ars Technica)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 15:52App founder quits Google, says company doesn’t serve users anymore (Ars Technica)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 15:51Jefferson County Cable admits lying to FCC about size of network to block funding to rivals
Ryan Grewell, who runs a small wireless Internet service provider called Smart Way Communications in Ohio, filed challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's new broadband map after his customers noticed that the FCC map falsely reported fiber Internet service was available at their homes. The FCC data was provided by Jefferson County Cable. In a reply to Grewell's challenges, Jefferson County Cable Executive Bob Loveridge wrote, "You challenged that we do not have service at your residence and indeed we don't today.