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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by quailfarmer on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:09AM (#42234209)
Starlink DTC is also very low bandwidth in this generation, it’s is a fundamentally similar RF link budget
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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by modeless on Monday November 25, 2024 @06:17AM (#42235265)
Starlink DTC bandwidth is orders of magnitude higher than Apple's.
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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by everfrustrated on Monday November 25, 2024 @07:32AM (#42235712)
Starlink allows calling (Apple's can't) which requires a higher bandwidth by definition.

Obviously it will never have the bandwidth of a local cell site, but doesn't need to to still be useful.

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