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by mise_en_place 573 days ago
Your cell phone uses the nearest base station, the base station will handover to the satellite infra.
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Gare 573 days ago
Why do you need satellite if you can connect to a base station? This makes no sense.

No, they claim direct phone to satellite link.

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rblatz 573 days ago
No, that’s just satellite backhaul for a cell tower. That’s not hard, but also typically if you can get power to a base station you can run fiber along the same poles the power runs on.

This is direct from handset to satellite, it’s clearly explained in the link.

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Gare 573 days ago
> That’s not hard, but also typically if you can get power to a base station you can run fiber along the same poles the power runs on.

Or a directional microwave link to the next station in sight.

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navigate8310 573 days ago
Aren't those satellites going to generate simulated cell tower signals so you won't require any modification whatsoever?
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