Meanwhile in the Tesla/SpaceX corner we have space based broadband just around the corner:
https://hackernoon.com/will-spacex-become-the-worlds-biggest...
With nearby Tesla cars and SolarCity roofs giving your phone 5g with 25ms latency. It could happen. Soon you will be able to buy a VPS in space to halve that.
One day this space based network is going to come online and it will supercede many terrestrial upgrades, making things like the TelCo 5G roll out not needed after all.