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Why would you use satellites for this?
by closeparen 7y ago
Why would you use satellites for this?
- reaperducer 7y agoLots of commercial data goes via satellite and not internet. That's why so many gas stations have uplinks on their roofs.
- closeparen 7y agoSure, but why? Isn’t that insanely expensive compared to cable/DSL and VPN?
- mschuster91 7y agoSheer data size, iirc a DCP runs in the 300-500GB range per movie. Probably a couple hours on a distribution satellite for an entire country's worth of cinema are cheaper than managing the logistics of physical HDDs.
- vasco 7y agoJust share it as a torrent to all movie theatres? They'll all seed each other.
- mschuster91 7y agoThe problem is the laughable Internet downlink available especially in rural country parts - you're lucky to get 16/1 DSL there.
- toast0 7y agoBroadcast encrypted data to theaters, send the licenses and decryption keys separately.