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Re:5G Just Got Weird by rudolph9 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:35PM (#24101238)
It's worth explicitly noting that Starlink is applicable to rural areas. As OG noted 5G is applicable to both densely populated and rural areas.

Further, it's theoretically possible to combine 5G and satellite internet where Starlink or similar serves as the connection to the internet backbone for a device broadcasting a 5G network. Connectivity isn't an all or nothing game and 5G is protocol that the SpaceX internet service business can leverage.

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Re:5G Just Got Weird by mikepurvis on Sunday August 09, 2020 @02:27PM (#24101720)
I feel like the viability of that depends a lot on the price point of the service and the user terminal. If it's cheap enough that everyone might as well just have their own then there's no point doing infrastructure for a terrestrial backhaul.
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