Battle for Spectrum Continues as Dish, SpaceX Make Their Case to the Public
SpaceX is unhappy about recent Dish Network developments that could inhibit operation of their Starlink internet service. The band in question lies in the 12GHz region that Dish intends to use as the base of a 5G network, and according to SpaceX spokesman David Goldman there is no convenient solution to retain Starlink function. He said that the FCC holds Starlink in its hands, and that a 12GHz approval for Dish isn’t something that the company can just code around. “There is no easy fix,” said Goldman. “If the FCC were to go the wrong way, there is not like, a software fix, or another spectrum band.”