If the 12 GHz band is used for Dish Network's 5G network, Starlink customers will see their broadband service disrupted.
The FCC has the final say on whether or not to allow the use of the 12 GHz band. The company isn't happy.
The company said in a message posted on its website on Tuesday, June 21 that if the lobbying efforts of Dish succeed, Starlink customers will experience harmful interference more than 75% of the time.
A number of companies are trying to gain access to the 12 GHz band that is currently used by SpaceX for its internet-from-space Starlink service
Data published by Dish suggests that ground-based 5G networks could easily share the same frequencies with low-Earthorbit satellite networks.
The technical studies dating back as far as 2016 suggest that opening up the band to ground-based 5G networks could adversely impact its Starlink service.
Musk's company shared a 12-page technical analysis explaining how mobile services proposed by Dish would cause massive disruptions to users of next- generation satellite services.
It said that a high-gain antenna is designed with enough sensitivity to receive weak signals from a desired transmitter. It was found that interference would wipe out the desired signal.
A spokesman for the company said its engineers are evaluating the claims.
The company said last week that it has launched commercial 5G services in more than 100 U.S. cities. It's not clear if it can access the 12 GHz band as part of its 5G roll out.
More than 400,000 people in 34 countries have access to Starlink's broadband service, which has been served by more than 2,500 satellites.
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