tnt on Nostr: nprofile1q…j89hy No it doesn't ... I've got a phone the size of that bike GPS that ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqtx3hwmqu6yj863npgqz7gk5tksreczyk6vyn47g0ttrl8zqqzatqaj89hy (nprofile…89hy) No it doesn't ... I've got a phone the size of that bike GPS that can transmit over a geo sat that's almost twice as far.

You can trade off speed for transmission gain. Or bigger antenna on the sat ( foldable, multi-element for beam forming ).

See Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro for instance.

Also the latest Beidou satellites ( china GPS ) actually include a SMS service !