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Those antennas are extremely expensive and large, so the OP's dream is largely just a dream.

• toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Google image search "iridium hotspot" and "bgan". They range in size from a small ipad to a large ipad. Pretty reasonable for global connectivity (although not built into a laptop's frame).
  • Rebelgecko 8y ago
    Those small iridium hotspots are also much lower bandwidth
    • dzhiurgis 8y ago
      2kbps to be precise
  • ancientworldnow 8y ago
    And the starlink antennae they "hope to get down to the size of a pizza box" (which also of course needs to be powered). This is not a mobile solution.
    • toomuchtodo 8y ago
      If I can fit it in a pelican case in a checked piece of luggage (62 linear inches, up to 50lbs), it’s mobile enough. Carry on luggage compatible would spoil me.
  • heavenlyblue 8y ago
    They also weight 800g.
  • shaklee3 8y ago
    You missed the "expensive" part, and iridium is not comparable when looking at speeds.
• gpm 8y ago
  The target price is (was as of 2015) $100-$300. Really not that expensive. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174815/http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/spacex-seattle-2015-2015-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174815/http://shitelonsa...
  • shaklee3 8y ago
    The target price means nothing. Musk hasn't talked about them in years. Other companies have tried (and failed) and low cost phased array. Until they're delivering at that price, think of it like musk's original Tesla production rate predictions.
    • leesec 8y ago
      Which he hit, to be fair.