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Smart phones use 4G networks. And now there is another alternative. Cellular networks have limited coverage. Imagine tracking a truck traveling across the US,
by kumarvvr 6y ago
Smart phones use 4G networks. And now there is another alternative.
Cellular networks have limited coverage. Imagine tracking a truck traveling across the US, or a ferry, across the English channel. Currently, that's not possible with 4G. But with a satellite driven internet system, it very well could be.
As for urban and sub-urban applications, not much.
- tomtomtom777 6y agoI don't think it is possible or planned to use StarLink directly from a mobile phone. You will need a ground station to communicate that isn't going to fit in a pocket.
- kumarvvr 6y agoTrue, for now. There was a time when a cell phone was the size of a brick. Maybe we will not see such miniaturization, but I can safely assume that a small backpack size device should be light and last long enough for meaningful high speed internet with StarLink.
- eru 6y ago> There was a time when a cell phone was the size of a brick. And that was already advanced. Portable phones used to be so unwieldy, car phones used to be a thing!