FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide mobile Starlink internet service to boats, planes and trucks

The FCC’s authorization also includes connecting to ships and vehicles like semitrucks and RVs, with SpaceX having last year requested to expand from servicing stationary customers. SpaceX had already deployed a version of its service called “Starlink for RVs,” with an additional “portability” fee. But portability is not the same as mobility, which the FCC’s decision now allows.

The FCC imposed conditions on in-motion Starlink service. SpaceX is required to “accept any interference received from both current and future services authorized,” and further investment in Starlink will “assume the risk that operations may be subject to additional conditions or requirements” from the FCC.

The ruling did not resolve a broader SpaceX regulatory dispute with Dish Network and RS Access, an entity backed by billionaire Michael Dell, over the use of 12-gigahertz band — a range of frequency used for broadband communications. The FCC continues to analyze whether the band can support both ground-based and space-based services, with SpaceX pushing for the regulator to make a ruling.

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Starlink for RVs too:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1528876319362240514

Immediately access high-speed, low-latency internet on an as-needed basis at any destination where Starlink provides active coverage. $135/mo with a one-time hardware cost of $599.

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In other words, sufficient bribes were payed to the correct politicians to stop blockage of the service.

Why should SpaceX need permission for every little modification of their service?

Just sell spectrum like property. Any interference issues can be resolved in the court system like any other property dispute.

Then you don't need the FCC for anything but registering spectrum ownership.

What about trains and automobiles?