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Kinda not. Generally if you got road you got reception. Only wilderness areas don’t. For few people who go camping, etc the standalone miniterminal makes most sense.


> Generally if you got road you got reception.

Er, if you got highway, maybe? I assure you there are plenty of roads that have poor cell reception.


Yes there are, but I my guess is 95%+ of car miles are in areas with good reception. If you are building roads putting cell reception there is trivial.


100% speak to A German high speed rail traveller and she will tell you all about the white spots


Any idea of the etymology for calling it a "white spot"? Assuming this is a German thing


Terra Incognita — the part of a map that is blank and therefore white: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fer_Fleck




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