Who can deny the progress of technology in the last 50 years or so? Things that seem purely fictitious (like talking to someone face to face thousands of miles away), are merely a drop in the bucket now.

Regardless of the pace of technology, there was a data connectivity gap, as observed recently. In areas with low traditionally-used cellular 5G data, customers have complained about the hassle in shifting to satellite communication (If their phone allows this, which normally it does not).