The FCC's decision to revoke SpaceX's Starlink broadband grant is facing criticism, particularly after FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel called for more competition against the company. Commissioner Brendan Carr criticizes this stance, calling it 'partisan politics' and questioning the agency's inconsistent position on Starlink's capabilities.
The decision last year by the Federal Communications Commission to reaffirm its revocation of an award to SpaceX's Starlink to help connect rural homes and businesses to the internet is drawing criticism in the wake of the FCC chair's call for more competition against Starlink . FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told FOX Business in an interview, "You have an agency that in 2023 says that Starlink is not reasonably capable of providing high-speed internet.
" SPACEX CREW RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER 5-DAY TRIP, WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACEWALK Carr explained that he and the FCC's other Republican-appointed commissioner dissented from the FCC's revocation of Starlink's grant and noted that the decision followed President Biden saying in Nov. 2022 that SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk's relationships with other countries were "worthy of being looked at.
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