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No. No they can’t.
They spend the minimum necessary to keep people using their service.
Better coverage is just another cell site away. But the people who want more coverage have no way to measure or impact changes that would fix it. I can’t push Verizon or AT&T to install more sites near me, or where I go.
They know where they can’t service people (or should). They don’t care.
They spend the minimum necessary to keep people using their service.
They spend the minimum necessary to keep people using their service.
Right – most of the copper they are responsible for is nearly or over 100 years old. Unless they get a handout, they’re not touching it.
Be careful not to transmit 5G signals from space, otherwise you’ll start seeing antivaxxers with flaming torches applying to become astronauts.
I wonder if running some of these space towers is cheaper than all the leases required for terrestrial towers.
Regardless what interesting times we live in when a device you have in your pocket is capable of sending a signal to space! Compare that to satellite phones from even just 5 – 10 years ago.
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