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I think I'm missing a key piece in this article: it does not seem to explain why current fiber would be bad enough to need this, given its already incredible ca
by TheRealPomax 8y ago
I think I'm missing a key piece in this article: it does not seem to explain why current fiber would be bad enough to need this, given its already incredible carrying capacity, even with loss due to imperfections and unintentional impurities. Without this, this just reads as "some people want to burn money for no good reason, yet again demonstrating that vanity non-problems are what gets you the headlines". Maybe it is, maybe it's not, but the article doesn't seem to clarify.
- fpoling 8y agoThe current fiber requires multiple amplifiers across the ocean. The space fiber may allow to get away from it making it much easier to lay and maintain transocean cables.
- TheRealPomax 8y agoWhy would amplifiers make it harder to lay cable? You generally don't want one giant uninterrupted piece of cable over huge distances, even if it's a perfect cable, exactly because that makes it easier to do maintenance.