{"id":17937,"date":"2025-03-01T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/black-spots-satellites-and-elon-new-technology-could-fill-australias-mobile-gaps-but-can-it-be-relied-on\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:37:17","slug":"black-spots-satellites-and-elon-new-technology-could-fill-australias-mobile-gaps-but-can-it-be-relied-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/black-spots-satellites-and-elon-new-technology-could-fill-australias-mobile-gaps-but-can-it-be-relied-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Black spots, satellites and Elon: new technology could fill Australia\u2019s mobile gaps \u2013 but can it be relied on?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Albanese government is banking on direct-to-device access to satellite connections to improve coverage<\/p>\n

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Bernie Byrnes, a farmer from the southern tablelands of New South Wales, can tell when he is about to hit a mobile black spot on a highway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s spots on the side of the highway where reception falls out. And you can see it if you\u2019re familiar with the vehicles that travel. People will pull over in the same spot to finish a conversation, finish a meeting. And you know that they\u2019re familiar with the reception there,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\nBernie Byrnes, a farmer from the southern tablelands of New South Wales, can tell when he is about to hit a mobile black spot on a highway.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s spots on the side of the highway where reception falls out. And you can see it if you\u2019re familiar with the vehicles that travel. People will pull over in the same spot to finish a conversation, finish a meeting. And you know that they\u2019re familiar with the reception there,\u201d he says.
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The Albanese government is banking on direct-to-device access to satellite connections to improve coverage \u2022 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Bernie Byrnes, a farmer from the southern tablelands of New South Wales, can tell when he is about to hit a mobile black spot on a highway. \u201cThere\u2019s spots …<\/p>\n

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