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When cell phones were introduced some places that didn’t have landlines could skip the infrastructure investment and go straight to mobile phones. Same with renewable energy that comes from solar panels generating power locally instead of connections to power plants and grids that require larger upfront investments. Now, I’m interested in this idea of satellite Copyright © 2026 The post appeared first on .

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