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SpaceX Is Buying Airwaves That Pass Through Walls. Shares in America's Three Big Carriers Tumbled.

SpaceX has agreed to buy a nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz licences from Grain Management, the low-band airwaves that Grain bought from T-Mobile earlier this year. SpaceX says they close one of the last technical gaps between Starlink Mobile and a full mobile network. The carriers' shares fell. The tower companies' rose.

By Cory Chamberlain 3 hours ago

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The Internet's Repair Fleet Is Small, Old, and Nobody Is Ordering More

Almost every byte that crosses an ocean crosses a cable, and the cables break constantly. The vessels that fix them are a few dozen ageing ships held on shared retainers, and the replacement pipeline is close to empty.

By Alison Acosta August 29, 2026

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SpaceX Is Buying Airwaves That Pass Through Walls. Shares in America's Three Big Carriers Tumbled.

The Internet's Repair Fleet Is Small, Old, and Nobody Is Ordering More