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Most telcos like to have two or more vendors and almost all large terrestrial networks are built with equipment from at least two vendors. If space based cellu
by bjacobt 4y ago
Most telcos like to have two or more vendors and almost all large terrestrial networks are built with equipment from at least two vendors.
If space based cellular service is viable with good adoption. History says operators will want at least two providers because having only one vendor is risky.
- mlindner 4y agoThis assumes that other vendors can be cost competitive, which, at least to me, seems quite unlikely.
- mwint 4y agoRight, this is like trying to compete in building cell towers against the only company that knows how to build tall things at all. Cell carriers aren’t going to learn to build rockets, and no one can launch at SpaceX costs (and in the US, no one else can launch period)
- fomine3 4y agoI wish others aren't US based for that reason.