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Re:Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauri... by s_dev on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:55AM (#24493854)
What about Cellular data from LTE towers etc? They can reach miles and unlikely there is any out at sea. Probably all using their phones as hotspots rather than trying to connect to a Free Starbucks Router.
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Re:Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauri... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:10PM (#24494013)
Yes. Those can reach. My comment was saying that the claim it was for WiFi didn’t make sense, although, I figured at the time they meant cellular data.
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