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Not really, they are being subsidized by US tax payers to provide a service and they are not meeting the terms of the contract/agreement. None of Elon's empires would be successful without US tax payers so I think the article is merely trying to hold them accountable.

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No, they haven't violated any contracts...

They have until 2028 to meet the 100/20 numbers in specific areas. Ookla's testing was not specific to those areas, and was not done in 2028.

But let's not let facts get in the way of irrational anger

It's not anger but I think the article (while probably written by a competitor or lobby) is reminding the public that Musk often makes empty promises and we should not let him continue to be subsidized by the US tax payer for an inability to deliver on time and on budget. I now see Musk also complaining about 5G interfering with Starlink. It's all a game, which is fine, but I dont want to pay for billionaires entertainment.

This is a hollow argument since none of their competitors that also are faring any better either. SpaceX is delivering close to their promise now years before they have to. It's an alarmist piece by teleco like the clock is close to timing out and things are heading south. Over time they will improve the hardware to have higher bandwidth capability, such as with their v2 satellites, with further improvements to the hardware likely later on.

> dont want to pay for billionaires entertainment

It's not "entertainment". It's actually delivering value to underserved customers, there's no need to inject politics or personal vendettas into this.

>This is a hollow argument since none of their competitors that also are faring any better either. SpaceX is delivering close to their promise now years before they have to. It's an alarmist piece by teleco like the clock is close to timing out and things are heading south. Over time they will improve the hardware to have higher bandwidth capability, such as with their v2 satellites, with further improvements to the hardware likely later on.

I hope they improve it, but Musk has a strong history of over promising and under delivering. Time will tell, I do not think this was a alarmist of fluff piece. Merely a reminder of their promises and current results.

> It's not "entertainment". It's actually delivering value to underserved customers, there's no need to inject politics or personal vendettas into this.

This is arguable. Musk depends on tax payer funding to keep SpaceX afloat to get to Mars. Nothing about politics or vendettas, but this is a billionaires joy ride. The US government also has a history of spending money to help the under served which has historically never panned out either.

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