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Once fiber is dug down it's good for 50+ years, and is very resilient. A Starlink satellite will deorbit on it's own, is quite delicate.
by Maxion 3y ago
Once fiber is dug down it's good for 50+ years, and is very resilient.
A Starlink satellite will deorbit on it's own, is quite delicate.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 3y agoDo you think in 50 years we will still be using fiber?
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoYes. Transmitting at the speed of light, 400 gigabit coherent DWDM optics shooting down fiber laid in the 80s...that's today for many places. The only thing you change is the stuff connected to the end of the fiber. So when the 400 gigabit optics aren't enough (and that will be a while) you can upgrade the fiber system without needing to bury new fiber.
- Maxion 3y agoYeah, I'd wager we'll still be doing that 200 years from now. Probably made out of some fancier material, and better connectors and other wavelengths, but yeah. Still fiber.
- chiefalchemist 3y agoMy concern with rural physical implementation is maintenance. Bridge washes out...there goes the connection. Thinks like that. That said, perhaps that's where most of that $18B is going to go...digging trenches.