President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission could come with yet another caveat regarding a battle between billionaires Elon Musk and Michael Dell over spectrum for internet access.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, noted that in 2021, Sohn told a House panel, "Policymakers have focused disproportionately on broadband deployment in rural areas of the United States. Americans who live in cities also face enormous challenges to broadband connectivity."
She responded that she spent two decades with the "goal of ensuring that every household in the U.S. — both rural and urban — has robust and affordable broadband Internet access." In response to a question from Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., about whether private investment in satellite internet could eventually reduce or replace the need for government-funded broadband, she expressed doubt — and identified the Musk-owned company."The FCC under the Rural Development Opportunity Fund invested $886 million into Starlink, indicating that even satellite broadband will require public investments," Sohn wrote in response to Scott's question.
"There’s a growing recognition that the FCC should move forward on authorizing the 12 GHz band for 5G," Jeff Blum, Dish Network executive vice president of external and legislative affairsonto a 2016 filing with the FCC that said a base receiver using their technology would interfere with a base station for satellite internet within 11 kilometers.
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