FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is criticizing the Federal Communications Commission’s action earlier this month that quashed nearly $900 million in Rural Digital Opportunities Fund (RDOF) subsidies that had been won by low-Earth-orbit satellite provider Starlink.
“The reversal constitutes clear error and plainly exceeds agency authority,” said Carr in a statement. He is one of two Republicans on the FCC and the one with the longest tenure on the commission, which is still lacking a fifth commissioner since President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill out the FCC, Gigi Sohn, has seen her confirmation stall in Congress.
