> Unless Apple has been secretly launching their own fleet of satellites, where are they getting the bandwidth? For text messages or sending an emergency beaco

> Unless Apple has been secretly launching their own fleet of satellites, where are they getting the bandwidth? For text messages or sending an emergency beacon signal, you don't need much bandwidth. The surprise is Kuo specifying voice over IP as a supported feature, but modern codecs can really squeeze voice down now days. >Lyra, which is now hosted on GitHub, can compress audio down to as little as 3 kilobits per second while still ensuring a sound quality that compares well with other codecs that require much greater bandwidth. https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/06/google-open-sources-lyra-codec-high-quality-voice-calls-low-bandwidth/ https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/06/google-open-sources-lyra...