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  "description": "Is there really a need for BEAD when Starlink is likely adding 225,000 U.S. rural customers every 50 days on average?\n",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ NCTA CEO: Broadband ‘Prices Have Remained Largely Stable’ ■ NTIA Ignored Calls to Return $21 Billion in BEAD Funds to Taxpayers ■ CATO Fellow Asks FTC to Back Away from Apple News Oversight ■ Starlink Apparently Makes Airlines Offer Its Wi-Fi Service for Free ■ CCA: BEAD Creating Labor Shortages in Dealing with Rip and Replace ■ West Virginia Senate Passes Bill Aimed at NewsGuard ■ Louisiana Says It Cut the First BEAD Check ■ CTA CEO Gary Shapiro Stepping Down May 1 ■ Florida Bill Fines Telecom Carriers $250,000 for Not Blocking Scam Calls, Texts\n\n**Elon: At SpaceX** , **Elon Musk** announces the big news. “Starlink now at 10 million active users,” Musk said on his **X feed** Friday. **SpaceX CEO Gwynne Shotwell** was in orbit. “Yaaaay!!! Crossed the 10M active customers mark. So happy to connect so many around the world!,” she said on her X feed. It took Starlink just **53 days** to tack on another **1 million subs across 160 countries** , and if global distribution trends held up, then Starlink added about **225,000 customers just in the U.S.** since Dec. 22, 2025. Adding 225,000 in the U.S. every 50 days on average would mean Starlink is on track to add about 1.6 million U.S. subscribers in 2026 – which is approximately 47% of the **3.4 million locations** across the U.S. currently without 100/20 Mbps terrestrial service and are the focus of the **$21 billion in taxpayer money** dedicated to providing universal broadband access under the BEAD program. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\n#### Starlink’s Top 10 Markets Globally\n\nSource: Ookla\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Starlink Rockets Past the 10 Million Subscriber Mark Globally, Adds 1 Million Subs in Just 53 Days",
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