This is a CBSI on the world.

Bob Zimmerman.

He keeps the website behind the black watching SpaceX, Starlink, and all the other companies attached to one very famous, very well to do,

Elon Musk.

Bob, a very good evening to you. Starlink is what we're speaking over.

It's a very successful operation.

The customer at this end of the conversation is very happy with it.

The FCC less so. What's happened?

John I just want to emphasize you are now in a relatively rural area are you not?

Yes. Okay and Starlink is working just great for you, right, in a rural area, right?

Correct.

Okay, well, now the FCC had a program, has a program that gives out major grants to satellite and internet companies for the goal of

providing internet access to rural customers. This program has been around for about four or five years.

Personally I think it shouldn't be at all because there's no reason to give taxpayer money

for this kind of stuff. But putting aside that, they have this program and in twenty they awarded SpaceX's starlink

an eight hundred eighty six million dollar grant almost a billion dollars to

provide internet service to rural areas which by the way is the

reason we're on the air right now you're in a rural area you need to

call to get going that was in December 2020 to 2020 when Trump was president That was

the December of 2020, when Trump was president, the FCC gave this award.

In August of 22, when Biden was president,

and after Biden had already said said we have to look into

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