>They won't fit in your pocket, but they will fit on top of your car. I think I can glimpse what Musk long-term vision is for "connected cars..." Satellite is

>They won't fit in your pocket, but they will fit on top of your car. I think I can glimpse what Musk long-term vision is for "connected cars..." Satellite is pretty much perfect. One provider works globally (vs dozens of mobile proviers), coverage is near 100% everywhere, and mass broadcast signals (like firmware updates and SDC neural connectomes) can be cached locally on the satellite, conserving uplink bandwidth.