To: SeekAndFind
The article’s closing reference to 5G/6G being competition to Starlink is so much wishful thinking. For the same reason why cable and fiber don’t go to lesser-populated rural areas, i.e. $$$/sq.mi/subscriber, Starlink will quickly gain share with service & online speed. Last week, I was barely outside the Tulsa metro and the I-44 corridor when I lost Internet connectivity on my phone because it wasn’t even 3G service. That area will be years before 5G arrives and Musk will have already locked in his subscriber base.
36 posted on
02/26/2021 3:50:57 AM PST by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: T-Bird45
The article’s closing reference to 5G/6G being competition to Starlink is so much wishful thinking. For the same reason why cable and fiber don’t go to lesser-populated rural areas, i.e. $$$/sq.mi/subscriber, Starlink will quickly gain share with service & online speed. Last week, I was barely outside the Tulsa metro and the I-44 corridor when I lost Internet connectivity on my phone because it wasn’t even 3G service. That area will be years before 5G arrives and Musk will have already locked in his subscriber base. I can see him making offers to subscribers along rural roads: install a special base station that also provides 5G cellular to the surrounding area, and get a big discount.
41 posted on
02/26/2021 4:09:21 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
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