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rCLFCC Chair: Starlink Isn't Enough. We Need at Least 3 Satellite-to-Phone ServicesrCY

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-chair-starlink-isnt-enough-we-need-at-least-3-satellite-to-phone-services

"At a wireless-industry event, Brendan Carr gives a shout-out to Amazon
and AST SpaceMobile."

Why ? We will have a million satellites whizzing around at a 100 miles up.

Lynn

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On Fri, 8 May 2026 16:08:32 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

oFCC Chair: Starlink Isn't Enough. We Need at Least 3 Satellite-to-Phone >Serviceso

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-chair-starlink-isnt-enough-we-need-at-least-3-satellite-to-phone-services

"At a wireless-industry event, Brendan Carr gives a shout-out to Amazon
and AST SpaceMobile."

Why ? We will have a million satellites whizzing around at a 100 miles up.

To make rich people richer?
Just a guess.
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-chair-starlink-isnt-enough-we-need-at-least-3-satellite-to-phone-services

"At a wireless-industry event, Brendan Carr gives a shout-out to Amazon
and AST SpaceMobile."

Why ? We will have a million satellites whizzing around at a 100 miles up.

As much as I dislike Brendan Carr and the whole engineer-free current
FCC management, I have to say that I do side with him on this. We need competition because competition is what brings rates down.

Or we could have a regulated monopoly, but that doesn't work for systems
that are international and too large for one country to regulate effectively.

LEO satellite internet is too important to rely on one unregulated provider, especially one that has proven themselves to be flaky.

But you do make a good point that there's already a lot of junk in LEO and
it needs to be managed and coordinated. And to my mind that's another thing that competition will improve.
--scott
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On 2026-05-09, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-chair-starlink-isnt-enough-we-need-at-least-3-satellite-to-phone-services

"At a wireless-industry event, Brendan
Carr gives a shout-out to Amazon and AST
SpaceMobile."

Why ? We will have a million satellites
whizzing around at a 100 miles up.

As much as I dislike Brendan Carr and the whole
engineer-free current FCC management, I have
to say that I do side with him on this. We need
competition because competition is what brings
rates down.

Or we could have a regulated monopoly, but that
doesn't work for systems that are international
and too large for one country to regulate
effectively.

LEO satellite internet is too important to
rely on one unregulated provider, especially
one that has proven themselves to be flaky.

But you do make a good point that there's
already a lot of junk in LEO and it needs to be
managed and coordinated. And to my mind that's
another thing that competition will improve.

There is no systems solution for self-centered
be-ings.
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