The subtext is spectrum, but SpaceX has essentially accused EchoStar of not operating the Boost Mobile 5G network. According to SpaceX’s power emissions testing, the Boost network is only outputting between 1% to 5% of what a proper mobile network should be – and so the FCC really should let SpaceX operate in the AWS-4 2 GHz spectrum too. These two have been at loggerheads for years, but SpaceX’s owner, Elon Musk, has been very cozy with the US administration. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has begun acting in a “highly unusual” manner under the second Trump administration, attempting to use the FCC’s powers to police speech (on very shaky but not-yet challenged legal ground) in an attempt to curry favor…