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Right, but what’s the competitive edge? Why would you want a company famous for having a black hole for a ticket system running a service you depend on? Honest question, not trying to knock apple, it just seems like a strange move, I don’t see them substantially improving on the problems with existing carriers from a customer perspective.

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1) who are you comparing with, ATT and Comcast? 2) I think most customers don’t even know what a ticket system is, or care. Apple is famous for very different things with consumers.

I was comparing with mobile carriers which you could improve in a lot of ways. I can’t imagine satellite internet could compete speed, bandwidth, or latency wise with modern metro area infrastructure, even in the next few years, even with significant investment. For rural areas, and internationally, it’s a real possibility. But my point wasn’t rhetorical, I am actually wondering which parts they’re aiming to improve upon—allowing tethering would be an obvious way.

Ya but Apple could blanket urban areas with 5g no problem, or rent space like FI, especially depending on how antitrust investigations go over the next 5 years.

Could the same hardware for satellite modems work with 5g?

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