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I like to ask non-techies how they imagine their text messages go from the US to Europe. Most people think it is some form of wireless communication like satell
by jtchang 4y ago
I like to ask non-techies how they imagine their text messages go from the US to Europe. Most people think it is some form of wireless communication like satellite or cellular. They are quite surprised when they realize that it is just one really long string over the Atlantic.
- jcq3 4y agoWell they are partly right as phone uses satellite communication with 4G to communicate with telecom backbone
- aetherspawn 4y agoNone of the following technologies: 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, currently use satellites between the consumers' phone and the internet backbone.
- albrewer 4y agoIn very rural areas, cell phone towers use microwave repeaters to get to a hub station that has a hard line connection to the backbone.
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- moss2 4y agounder the Atlantic* ;)