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Re:OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the ... by mst on Monday March 21, 2022 @06:27PM (#30760558)
Being a UK resident I often have to remind myself that the UK and continental Europe's level of cellular coverage is something of an outlier.

The whole of the UK is, after all, slightly smaller than Oregon.

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Re:OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the ... by adfgadfgaery on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:32PM (#30761086)
>Being a UK resident I often have to remind myself that the UK and continental Europe's level of cellular coverage is something of an outlier.

You have it backwards. The U.S. is the outlier. All similarly wealthy countries have better coverage.

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Re:OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the ... by kortilla on Sunday March 27, 2022 @05:55PM (#30824550)
No, Canada does not either. Any countries with large rural areas suffer from the same issue.
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