[Starlink] Starlink as Cellular Backup

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Hello,

It’s common practice here in Ukraine since May 2022.
A lot of fiber optics channels and cell tower were damaged during the invasion. Local operators used Starlink as the only available channel.

> On 1 Dec 2022, at 20:46, Daniel AJ Sokolov via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Are you aware of any cellular towers that use Starlink as their only connection?
> 
> Telegeography reports about the first such cellular tower in Japan:
> 
> KDDI (au) has announced that its first mobile tower using SpaceX’s Starlink high speed, low-latency satellite broadband internet solution has started commercial operation in Hatsushima, a remote island in Sagami Bay. Launched today (1 December), the new service ultimately aims to deliver an advanced mobile service to people living in remote and rural areas, through the deployment of up to 1,200 Starlink-powered mobile towers.
> 
> Now I wonder if they are the first to do this commercially, or if other operators have done it already.
> 
> Cheers
> Daniel
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