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2 weeks ago | policyband.com | Ted Hearn

Starlink: Elon Musk just came up with a Zero-Rating plan that Starlink critics just might love. For consumers, subscribing to Starlink has had a big pain point: $349.00 in upfront equipment costs. On Monday, Starlink said it was rolling out a promotional plan in limited areas in the U.S. and around the world that wipes out the equipment cost. “$0 for the Standard Kit with 12-month residential service plan commitment, now available in select markets,” Starlink said on X feed Monday.

2 weeks ago | policyband.com | Ted Hearn

Liftoff: A new space race has begun. AUnited Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket took off Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:01 p.m. bearing a payload of 27Project Kuiper satellites for deployment into Low Earth orbit – the first step in Amazon’s$10 billion to $20 billion quest to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet access service, which has a substantial lead.

2 weeks ago | policyband.com | Ted Hearn

FCC: Liberal journalist Nina Burleigh, who covered the Clinton White House for Time magazine, is suing the FCC in federal court in D.C. to gain access to a wide range of documents that she claims could potentially reveal the vast scope of Elon Musk’s financial conflicts in running DOGE for the White House and SpaceX/Starlink for himself at the same time. “As the head of DOGE, Musk has taken on the role of a federal regulator.

3 weeks ago | policyband.com | Ted Hearn

Comcast: After Comcast dropped 199,000 broadband subscribers in the first quarter, company executives yesterday spoke about the need to do a better job of addressing consumer pain points and recognizing that price locks and other retention tools will take a few quarters to show their grit in an intensely competitive market. CEO Brian Roberts did not speak until the very end of the one-hour conference call with Wall Street analysts.

3 weeks ago | policyband.com | Ted Hearn

Trusty: Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said yesterday his panel will vote April 30 on the nomination of Olivia Trusty to serve as the third Republican on the FCC. If confirmed, Trusty would give Republicans a one-vote majority control of the agency. FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, a Democrat, has announced he is leaving this spring. That would leave only one Democrat – Anna Gomez. It’s unclear whether President Trump will nominate someone to replace Starks.