FCC Seeks Comment by March 27 on if SpaceX Gets RDOF Auction Carve-Out
The FCC issued a proposal to prohibit most satellite providers from bidding in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auctions with claims of offering low-latency service, asking about an exception for SpaceX in a public notice on docket 20-34 in Tuesday's…
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Daily Digest. "We propose prohibiting providers that intend to use geostationary or medium earth orbit satellites from selecting low latency in combination with any of the performance tiers." Comments are due March 27, replies April 10 on RDOF Auction 904 procedures, OK'd 3-2 by commissioners Friday (see 2002280002). "Some service providers that use these satellite technologies have acknowledged that they cannot meet the low latency requirement that 95% or more of all peak period measurements of network round trip latency are at or below 100 milliseconds," the PN said. "SpaceX contends that its low-earth orbit satellite service can meet the low-latency threshold." That's a modification in language from the draft (see 2002070056). Another PN offers a guide with technical and mathematical details on Auction 904 bidding procedures.