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Re: This system would have worse latency than planes using 3g
said by TKJunkMail  :said by RadioDoc :Let's see those airplane 3G systems working over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean... Similar issue with using terrestrial cell system design for trains in the middle of nowhere. Or in a car for that matter. No coverage. Actually, train travelers have access to cell towers almost everywhere. And that is because major rail corridors are parallel to major highways(the rail corridors came 1st). And major highways are almost totally covered by cell towers in the US. While most commuter and short distance train routes are well covered (even here in the west), there are still plenty of places, especially on the long distance trains where you will lose cell service. For example, many of the long distance routes in the west, ie.the Coast Starlight, California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, Southwest Chief, Pioneer, Desert Wind, have several places where they are out of cell range. A highway nearby does not always mean a cell signal  Something like this, especially here in the west would be awesome!
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