- Starlink imposes high congestion surcharges, recently up to $1500, due to network load issues.
- Customer service is poor, making complaints and refunds difficult for affected users.
- Network struggles with performance as it expands, limiting its suitability for widespread broadband delivery.
- Trump Republicans redirected billions in broadband subsidies to Starlink, favoring Musk as a donor.
- Ideal broadband policy prioritizes fiber and fixed wireless, with satellite as a niche gap-filler.
- Subsidies fund Starlink without requiring changes, benefiting Musk while network congestion worsens.
- SpaceX's IPO overestimates Starlink's scalability, ignoring physics and reality constraints.
- Starlink also faces criticism for harming astronomy, the ozone layer, and being too expensive for those in need.