Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 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 · 10 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoIt sounds like a Starlink satellite costs more than a million dollars, so that’s a pretty good deal if so. I wonder why this isn’t a thing already?
It sounds like a Starlink satellite costs more than a million dollars, so that’s a pretty good deal if so. I wonder why this isn’t a thing already?