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This won't replace broadband, but for a different reason. The article suggests the satellites would operate from LEO orbit which generally means a few hundreds
by avz 12y ago
This won't replace broadband, but for a different reason.
The article suggests the satellites would operate from LEO orbit which generally means a few hundreds to 2,000km above the planet. This is less than 10ms even accounting for ionospheric effects.
Bandwidth would be a huge problem, though.
- XorNot 12y agoSo would LOS. LEO sucks because you definitely aren't going to be using a dish, doubly so if you want continuous connections. At least not on any large scale.
- lsaferite 12y agoWell, I remember reading about teledesic, which this seems to be under a new name, and the idea was you would always have 3+ sats in your sky at once.