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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by pontilanda on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @02:20AM (#34158424)
> This would amaze anyone from before the 70s.

I'm not saying that it's impossible, I'm just pointing out your smugness at the fact that it's not common knowledge.

> the Starlink stuff

You mean the stuff that requires a large, hot disc on your roof and therefore not in your pocket? Are we talking about the same things there?

> I'm pretty sure T-Mobile wouldn't have signed

You trust big companies too much, they make mistakes all the time.

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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by katbyte on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @03:00AM (#34158679)
Takes a much bigger radio to get the bandwidth for a starlink, 100mbs. Texting is on the order of bps. Garmin inreach mini is around the size of a tictac box and can send and receive texts.
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