Proudrooster writes: Can SpaceX’s Starlink deliver less than 100ms latency? That is the $16 billion dollar question as the FCC looks to pump more money into rural broadband (PDF). Will rural America ever get broadboand? What will America get for giving billions of dollars to incumbent providers? Is this all just FUD or a publicity stunt by the FCC to stop…
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Newton’s recipe for ‘toad vomit lozenges’ up for auction
The trick, apparently, was to hang the toad upside down in a chimney for three days. Source: https://www.livescience.com/issac-newton-plague-toad-vomit-auction.html
Chinese rocket sells for $5.6 million in livestreamed auction: report
An anonymous patron purchased a real-life rocket for $5.6 million during an online, livestreamed auction on April Fools Day. Source: https://www.livescience.com/chinese-rocket-sold-for-millions-auction.html
FCC Approves Plan To Pay Satellite Companies To Give Up Airwaves
U.S. regulators approved a plan to pay Intelsat SA and other satellite providers to give up airwaves so they can be redeployed for the fast 5G mobile networks being rolled out. From a report: The Federal Communications Commission on a 3-2 vote Friday approved Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan for as much as $9.7 billion to clear the frequencies, with the money…
FCC Moves To Free Up Spectrum For Potential Cellphone Service
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: The Federal Communications Commission will pay a group of satellite companies billions of dollars to upend their operations so a valuable swath of the radio spectrum can be used for cellphone service (Source: paywalled; alternative source), FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. The telecom regulator said he plans to propose $3…
Weird house with no entrance to sell at auction
A very strange house with no door or other means of access is to go on sale in England for a mere $130. Situated above an alleyway between two other p… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334242/weird-house-with-no-entrance-to-sell-at-auction…
Einstein’s jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction
Fancy bidding on a Christmas present steeped in science history? Find out what they’ll set you back, and which present-day artefacts might be worth investing in Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432611-500-einsteins-jacket-and-apollo-11-tapes-inside-the-science-auction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…