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time to move away from undersea cables to satellites.
by suyash 3y ago
time to move away from undersea cables to satellites.
- BearOso 3y agoLEO satellites would be too inconsistent, and further orbits have way too much latency.
- pksebben 3y agoWe have satellites. We use cables b/c they lack the speed and bandwidth necessary to support the total requirements of the modern internet. Satellite-only is only feasible if you're fine with going back to waiting minutes for your saucy jpegs to load (elder millennials, you know what I'm talkin' about).
- suyash 3y agoever heard of Musk's Starlink? From thier website "Starlink users typically experience download speeds between 25 and 220 Mbps, with a majority of users experiencing speeds over 100 Mbps" - https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1400-28829-70 https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1400-28829-70