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One major problem with the Falklands is woeful internet access. Population is too low to make a submarine fibre connection viable, so it's connected by expensiv
by martinald 6y ago
One major problem with the Falklands is woeful internet access. Population is too low to make a submarine fibre connection viable, so it's connected by expensive and slow satellite backhaul.
Assuming Starlink continues to go to plan, it would be a huge boon for remote places like this and probably very transformative to its economy.
- BobTheBuilder2 6y agoHave you ever thought that maybe people go to such places to get away from the constant interaction with an internet browser?
- mastax 6y agoYou can get away from the internet anywhere in the world.
- toofy 6y agoBut it is much more difficult to get away from the expectation that you’re always on.
- renewiltord 6y agoIndeed, where there is fibre, men fear the fearsome spectre of Gecko: beady eyes light the dark as it stalks in their footstep. The last true realm of Man is the Falklands. Driven back from their former glory, they now make a last stand.
- peteretep 6y agoAlso you’d need to land it in Argentina which would have issues
- wbl 6y agoYou could run it to Uruguay.
- clamprecht 6y agoChile is half the distance compared to Uruguay, going westbound
- labster 6y agoLooked it up, and apparently Chile just ran a cable out to Cape Horn. So it's at least plausible.