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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by mmh0000 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:38PM (#38195805)
Amazon Sidewalk[1][2] being one of the biggest players:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?node=21328123011

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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by hnlmorg on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:00PM (#38196079)
Indeed.

Devices can also ship eSIM too. But at least that comes with bigger cost than just the radio chipset.

I believe 5g can all support meshing. But I don’t know a whole lot about that.

Suffice to say, what little control we have now is going to disappear completely over the next decade.

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