PARIS — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded $9.2 billion in contracts to 180 bidders to provide broadband access to 5.2 million U.S. homes and businesses over 10 years, with SpaceX’s Starlink awarded $885.5 million in contracts to provide 642,925 locales in 35 states.
That works out to $1,377.50 per site over 10 years — not a massive incentive, although SpaceX may be able to front-load its payment collection by being able to deploy to all its selected sites well . . .
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