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To: Pollard

What you’ll see is, cell towers in unserved or underserved areas, that use Starlink’s system for bandwidth. The antenna needed for direct service with the satellites would be, uh, impractical for mobile phones.


15 posted on 08/30/2021 8:07:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
> The antenna needed for direct service with the satellites would be, uh, impractical for mobile phones.

Ummm, YEAH.

Every time I read about "satellite phones" I laugh and wonder how the hell they propose to supply the required power and carry around a 2-foot dish antenna....

Answer: Cell tower relays. They just don't talk it about them...

30 posted on 08/30/2021 10:21:57 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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