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You're right that it won't be the same - it has the potential to be faster. Speed of light in a vacuum is higher than what can be achieved in a fiber-optic. Co
by kimburgess 3y ago
You're right that it won't be the same - it has the potential to be faster.
Speed of light in a vacuum is higher than what can be achieved in a fiber-optic. Combine that with a more direct path than what can be achieved with an undersea cable and things start to get interesting.
- anotherboffin 3y agoGenuinely wondering why you mention “in a vacuum”, as the signal would have to go through the atmosphere.
- kimburgess 3y agoFor the inter-satellite links. First and last hop still need to pass from the ground to LEO. The obvious solution is to start yeeting compute and/or users into space.
- notakio 3y agoI vote for users. I'll stay down here with compute, I know how this ends.
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoAtmosphere is practically vacuum as far as speed of light goes. Fiber optic: 0.67c Atmosphere: 0.9997c Vacuum: 1c