Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agoJapanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5Ginterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down13
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkJapanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5Ginterestingengineering.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoSame for Starlink. There’s only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have.
Same for Starlink. There’s only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have.