Dish says SpaceX ‘manipulated’ tests and lied to customers about 5G interference
by Jacob Kastrenakes from The Verge - All Posts on (#6161Q)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Dish says SpaceX has been lying to customers about how a plan to expand the use of certain airwaves for 5G could disrupt its Starlink internet-from-space service. SpaceX sent a manipulated filing" to the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to prove the expanded 5G usage would lead to substantial interference, writes Dish and a group of other companies known as the 5G for 12 GHz Coalition. They write that SpaceX is conducting a public misinformation campaign" against 5G.
This tactic, which is commonly used by Elon Musk, is not only disingenuous, but it promulgates an anti-5G narrative that is harmful to American consumers who deserve greater competition, connectivity options and innovation," the Coalition writes in a...