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Starlink will probably do better than 5G for access to rural areas because you don't need to build out a physical cable. In highly dense urban areas with large
by magicsmoke 6y ago
Starlink will probably do better than 5G for access to rural areas because you don't need to build out a physical cable. In highly dense urban areas with large numbers of simultaneous users, 5G is a better fit.
- dylan604 6y agoHave the 5G towers connect to Starlink rather than running the cabling to them.
- selectodude 6y agoThat doesn't really fix the total bandwidth capacity issue though.
- kalleboo 6y agoI wonder if a tower with a larger array of Starlink antennas could connect to multiple satellites and get more performance than the pizzabox-sized consumer receivers
- thu2111 6y agoIn many cases you can link base stations to other downlink points using lasers or really tight beams though. It's not like they can only go upwards.