It depends on the definition of "nothing". If they won a whole state's worth of awards (talking 100k - 130k locations), they'd have to be deploying hundreds, if not thousands, of satellites just for that state and then there's the additional earth stations to support it.
-- Mike Hammett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2025 8:52:56 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] T-Mobile 5G and Fiber Home Internet The real winner is SpaceX. 0 additional work for big fat checks. On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: T-Mobile and\or their affiliates won big in Louisiana. Well, still subject to official award. -- Mike Hammett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck" < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 3:54:22 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] T-Mobile 5G and Fiber Home Internet Who has been winning BEAD? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2025, at 2:27 PM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: > > And Lumos. > And US Internet. > And they've been winning BEAD money. > And using SiFi. > And... > > > > > -- > Mike Hammett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Luthman" < [email protected] > > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" < [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 11:35:57 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] T-Mobile 5G and Fiber Home Internet > > > > Tmobile owns Metronet now. So they'll check the location for Metronet fiber. > That's the best lifespan of customer. If they can't get it with fiber, then > get cheap internet with 5G. > > Yes, Tmobile sold all of their wireline to Cogent and then bought Metronet > fiber. > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but T-Mobile seems to be treating FWA > and fiber as two flavors of the same service. > > > > This might just let them use the same tools for qualification, signup, etc. > Or it might mean they view FWA as a precursor to fiber rollout. Sign up home > Internet customers using 5G, then where you have concentrations of customers, > roll out fiber? That way you avoid running out of celltower capacity, and you > capture the customers and keep them away from competitors. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
