According to Feinman, if Lutnick’s “one-size-fits-all cap” is low enough, satellite internet companies will always win out. In Nevada, for instance, that could see the ratio of fiber-to-satellite ...

From Maine to Nevada, states are starting to help some of the 24 million Americans who lack reliable broadband pay for satellite internet, rather than focusing such aid primarily on fiber ...

Some congressmen have recently introduced legislation that could limit households and businesses in rural areas of our state to satellite internet service while other areas have access to reliable ...

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And any shift to having states cover more rural areas with satellite internet, such as Starlink, could saddle households with inferior service and higher costs in the long run, some providers said.

BEAD aims to connect 25 million Americans with high speed internet in all 56 states and territories. In a meeting with BEAD staff earlier this month, Lutnick said he wants to make the program ...

In Louisiana, for example, BEAD contracts will supply fiber coverage to 95% of the state, with wireless, cable and satellite picking up the remaining 5%. The Department of Commerce and Starlink ...

The billionaire’s Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet, including from a Chinese state-backed rival and ...

a gap that state-provided vouchers and subsidies for satellite high-speed Internet services could help address, said Drew Lovelace, acting director of the state's Office of Broadband Access and ...