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aemeijers wrote:

I think all these writers predicting the end of last-decade technology
have never been to fly-over country. Desktops and laptops, and hard
cable internet connections, will be with us for the next couple of
decades, unless somebody invents a new way to blanket the country with
wireless signal.

Iridium might have succeeded, but it was 20 yrs. ahead of its time.
Maybe it's time to try that approach again.