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Starlink competition: Eutelsat tests 5G via satellite with smartphones (www.heise.de)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper and more practical to just install antennas all over...

[–] Konstant 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In the ocean too?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

And warzones

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Considering the number of launches that will be required if there isn't just one provider with tens of thousands of satellites floating around? Yeah.