Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone

Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by moritzwarhier on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:04PM (#34156190)

I have never heard of this misconception, but fixing the notoriously unreliable mobile coverage by turning existing phones into "satellite (internet!) phones" sounds wild

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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by tpmx on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:18PM (#34156314)

The much more common misconception is that Internet traffic between continents is carried via satellites.

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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by mateo1 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:29PM (#34156841)

I was common amongst a portion of the general population in the 90s when people didn't have a clue and couldn't google things.

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