Starlink Efforts To Become An Internet Monopoly & Raise Prices
Starlink/SpaceX, with the help of his Republican politician friends, is trying to reduce competition and raise internet prices in rural locations.
When Julie Slama and her husband moved to a home outside Dunbar, Nebraska, in April 2022, they were happy customers of Elon Musk's Starlink.
""Fiber would offer a far more stable alternative," she said, adding, "I would switch to fiber tomorrow if it was offered. It makes sense from a business perspective that Starlink is opposing rural fiber expansion.""
"They're monopolizing the market and calling it doing us a favor," he said. "It's largely Republican areas in western parts of the state who are being killed" by the lack of competition"
""SpaceX has been doing everything possible to create this myth that they are some altruist" serving rural residents "out of the kindness of their hearts,""
"scrutiny that comes with being a publicly listed company that has to disclose earnings and losses could increase the incentive for SpaceX to increase Starlink pricing"