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Comment: Apple’s satellite project is not sci-fi, but don’t get too excited

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<p>We learned today about Apple’s satellite project: a team working on ways to establish direct two-way <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/20/apple-in-space/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">connections between iPhones and satellites[/url].</p>
<p>If that sounds like crazy science-fiction, it’s actually not. The technology to do it exists today and has been proven to work with today’s phones. You shouldn’t, however, expect to have ubiquitous access from anywhere on the planet, nor for satellite connections to replace your existing mobile data plan.</p>
<p>The technology has significant limitations…</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/20/apples-satellite-project/#more-625430" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>

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