An analyst is throwing cold water on Starlink’s ambition to become a mainstream mobile carrier.
In a recent earnings call, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said she expected Starlink to provide better service than the Big Three wireless carriers — AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile — by the end of 2027.
Benedict Evans, a former Andreessen Horowitz partner who spent decades studying mobile technology, however, said complications with providing service in urban areas would likely stymie such a plan.
“The hard part is having coverage in a city with steel and concrete blocking every signal past 50 yards,” Evans wrote on Threads on Thursday. “That’s the cost.”
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