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Third Party Groups ask FCC to Update EPFD Limits
A bipartisan group of 14 signatories representing 11 organizations asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to move forward with updating EPFD limits to boost competition in the satellite marketplace, lower costs for consumers, and strengthen American leadership in space. The groups stress that doing so will “unlock the full potential of LEO satellites both domestically and abroad.” The letter was filed in the FCC docket 25-157, “Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband.”
Low Earth Orbit satellite broadband is critical to last-mile connectivity
Affordable, accessible broadband unlocks tremendous economic, educational, and telehealth opportunities. Accordingly, achieving true universal broadband connectivity has been a long-standing bipartisan goal. Despite years of heroic eort, many parts of rural and hard-to-serve America lacked affordable access to broadband until recently. The advent of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband services like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper has transformed connectivity for the better. Chamber of Progress has long supported public policy to advance LEOs.