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You could use LEO satellites, add a few km up and down but you have way less hardware to pass through.
by ttsda 8y ago
You could use LEO satellites, add a few km up and down but you have way less hardware to pass through.
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y agoThat’s a good point, the difference between vacuum and atmosphere isn’t so significant, but then it’s not really a new tech or “lightspeed internet” it’s just a satellite link.
- ttsda 8y agoWith the addition of satellite-to-satellite optical connections, which will greatly improve latency and bandwidth.
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y agoIf SpaceX pulls off their swarm of telecom satellites, we might get to see how it really works in widespread practice. Exciting prospect!
- ttsda 8y agoIndeed. And what I'm most interested in is all the cash they're dumping into commercial phased-array antennas. If they manage to scale enough to get them to a low enough price they will be amazing for all sorts of other stuff.