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Japanese 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 5G (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I haven't read about this, but I suspect this is going to be more useful for low population density areas. There is usually a connection cap that will be far too low for any kind of urban use. That's okay, though. It's usually easier and cheaper per user to have ground-based installations in an urban setting. This could be a great option to extend coverage in rural zones.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago

Same for Starlink. There’s only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have. And something flying is going to be power-limited as well.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same for Starlink. There's only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have. And something flying is going to be power-limited as well.