Man not everyone had a moment in their lives to stop and think about it. And it wasn't taught in school. No need to act condescending.

That’s what I thought. I figured things like the original garmins had a quantity unlimited but very narrowly usable data plan, like old kindles. I did know that gps was invented before the internet was widespread, but I figured that today it was like fax machines, where the vast majority don’t actually have a landline connection anymore and use the internet instead.

Based on this comment section, I gathered that it was something else, but still didn’t expect it to be fucking radio.

I wouldn't call a satellite uplink "offline".