Knichols2176 t1_iuc3xuc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:54 AM

Reply to comment by Soupjoe5 in Amazon may have to turn to SpaceX for help launching its Starlink rival service by Soupjoe5

Bezos is a copycat. He copied AST mobile and Elon helped AST launch theirs first. Mark my word, Elons starlink and AST mobile will merge or collaborate. They compliment each other with AST able to be used by any cell phone without any extra technology and Starlink is able to provide high speed internet via homes with receiving box.

mfb- t1_iucqd23 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:59 AM

Starlink v2 satellites will already be able to communicate with cell phones directly. They have a partnership with T-mobile.

swd120 t1_iudx0ph wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:26 PM

Not in the same way - starlink/TMobile solution is limited to text/voice due to data rate limitations with their solution. ASTS's significantly larger antennas are the secret sauce for doing D2D broadband

I'd actually like to see them merge, because adding laser link backhaul into the starlink constellation would make a killer solution.