"Starlink's speed tests may look impressive, but experts say SpaceX's satellite-internet project is unlikely to win any federal subsidies
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https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-beta-speedtest-results-bandwidth-ping-latency-fcc-rdof-2020-8

Jim Bell's comment:

Business Insider is a leftist rag.

I doubt SpaceX NEEDS any Federal subsidies for Starlink.  If it is a working system (and these reports seem to show that it works well) then it will provide competition to the incumbent wire- or fiber Internet services we have been locked into for too long.

          Jim Bell