“Many State Offices are concerned that Starlink proposals may be the lowest bid and alternative proposals may not be within the 15% window for consideration. What this analysis presents is that across many geographic areas Starlink may not be a qualified bidder as it may be unable to attain the required 100/20 Mbps service level (and, in deploying Starlink services, may actually degrade pre-existing users’ services to the point that they no longer receive minimal broadband speeds).”
#Enshitification #StarLink
https://communitynetworks.org/content/new-research-starlink-unlikely-meet-bead-speed-needs-scale
Robert J. Berger
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