[portillo]

> to a self-described expert, who unfortunately didn't provide a ton of context),

Are you questioning the expertise of Tim Farrar? If that is the case, you couldn't be more wrong. Check his blog and you will see he has been doing this thing for more than 20 years...

Also, lynk will never be able to provide enough bandwidth to deliver internet connectivity. It is envisioned to be used for short messages.

[Robotbeat]

If you're getting those latter two sentences from following his blog, you will understand why I said what I said.

Lynk explicitly envisions the technology expanding beyond just text messages. They mention the speed over the LTE protocol of their satellite service is 180kbps, plenty for email, voice, streaming music, and some web browsing: http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=1127710956