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A comment on Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite network capacity. Parent comment

Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by oneplane on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @05:23PM (#32757133)
I'm sure the Apple use case is different from a web api, but it was more for illustrative purposes. I imagine most developers know how to wrap data in JSON and how to do a HTTP call over TLS. When using that as a point of reference, having such a transmission take a long time might show how little bandwidth some M2M networks have (or need).

I wouldn't be surprised if the current Globalstar network is so limited it wouldn't even do voice.

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Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by kylehotchkiss on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @06:52PM (#32758231)
They support voice (https://www.globalstar.com/en-us/products/voice-and-data), it's my understanding that it's analog and not digital though, like a really narrowband landline phone call
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Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by oneplane on Thursday September 08, 2022 @11:39AM (#32767186)
That makes sense. Satphones are probably using that same super low symbol rate used by M2M.
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