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Old 05-10-2008, 03:45 AM
Michael
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Default Re: Optus to Compete with Telstra in Rural Areas

>> If I drive Longreach to Brisbane (1280 kms) in the same vehicle,
>> I find there might be a total of 250kms total that whole trip that
>> isnt in NextG coverage. Mostly, there is a 15-25km gap between
>> towns that mightnt be covered. Pretty decent coverage, overall.

>
> But not as good as GlobalStar.


But who wants to fuck around with GlobalStar when you can just use a
bog-standard mobile nowadays (NextG)?

Sat networks are now even more irrelevant. Relevant only to the 1% of
population who can't be NextG.

10-15 years ago when GSM was all we had an 87% pop coverage was the best,
they were more relevant

Now they are close to useless.

And fuck GlobalStar, those in the know use iridium




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