as we speak, hundreds of low orbit satellites are going up this year from spaceX, amazon, etc which will provide a WIRELESS low cost broadband. at first, their clients will be airlines and cruiselines which need very remote access and can pay a premium for it and cell companies who need more bandwidth. the cell companies, by the way, have taken over some of the former tv frequencies for 5G cell data and that will reach saturation of the next few years. affordable broadband data from your wireless devices where most americans live will make it possible to completely cut all the cords and livestream snail races from kathmandu while at your local beach on your portables. both the cable companies and landline telecoms are on the verge of becoming obsolete, but it always takes the followers a while to finally make the transition, so it may take 10 years until they lose their last customers. in the next 5 years or so, the sky will be packed with low orbit satellites that provide direct unlimited broadband data service to customers from competing companies while also shoring up 5G cell bandwidth to every square inch of the country. i have unlimited data, including 50gigs at LTE before slowing during peak to 3G, for $50+tax. that's enough for many americans to go without cable or landline internet. as for tv, most americans are figuring out what you can't watch for free over the air is available for free streaming over the net (if you search for it), and very few people still have landline phones in their homes anymore. this article seems to be painting a bleak picture of cable company monopoly when the landline telecoms fall, but cable companies are also losing customers, and soon both cable and landline telecoms will be obsolete.
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as we speak, hundreds of low orbit satellites are going up this year from spaceX, amazon, etc which will provide a WIRELESS low cost broadband. at first, their clients will be airlines and cruiselines which need very remote access and can pay a premium for it and cell companies who need more bandwidth. the cell companies, by the way, have taken over some of the former tv frequencies for 5G cell data and that will reach saturation of the next few years. affordable broadband data from your wireless devices where most americans live will make it possible to completely cut all the cords and livestream snail races from kathmandu while at your local beach on your portables. both the cable companies and landline telecoms are on the verge of becoming obsolete, but it always takes the followers a while to finally make the transition, so it may take 10 years until they lose their last customers. in the next 5 years or so, the sky will be packed with low orbit satellites that provide direct unlimited broadband data service to customers from competing companies while also shoring up 5G cell bandwidth to every square inch of the country. i have unlimited data, including 50gigs at LTE before slowing during peak to 3G, for $50+tax. that's enough for many americans to go without cable or landline internet. as for tv, most americans are figuring out what you can't watch for free over the air is available for free streaming over the net (if you search for it), and very few people still have landline phones in their homes anymore. this article seems to be painting a bleak picture of cable company monopoly when the landline telecoms fall, but cable companies are also losing customers, and soon both cable and landline telecoms will be obsolete.
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