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Re:Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map by devit on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:47AM (#35753370)
Radio towers are at much lower altitude, so you need way more of them than satellites to cover the whole planet. Also you need permission on land and you need a boat in addition to the tower on the sea. Plus always having line of sight to the tower is harder unless you make them extra tall. I assume that makes them much more expensive and is why cell phone coverage is not global.

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