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What?? Noooo... they would only have to launch indefinitely something like 10 rockets a month to keep replacing aging nodes, I am sure that is financially viabl
by me_me_me 5y ago
What?? Noooo... they would only have to launch indefinitely something like 10 rockets a month to keep replacing aging nodes, I am sure that is financially viable way to compete with a copper/fibre cable -_-
The tech works, its just completely non feasible. Geosync satelites can give you global access with handful of satelites.
Trans-sea cables give you cheap and quick connection speeds.
Starlink is middle of the road solution that solves both problems are immense costs.
I can only imagine high frequency traders being able to afford it vs utilise the advantage of the latencies.
- ericd 5y agoIt’s certainly not going to require 10 starships/month. And they’re aiming to get those down to <$10M/starship launch.
- vkou 5y agoHFTs use direct, point-to-point terrestrial connections. They rarely need to send trades out of <middle of nowhere, that does not have a fiber link>. They've already optimized the hell out of their latency, to a ridiculous level.