There are areas of the planet where there is no signal or fibre.
So, we should take the billions per train launch, and install microwave backhauls and cellular service to cover those dead zones.
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Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 days agoThere are areas of the planet where there is no signal or fibre. Clearly you and I are not in one of these dead spots but they do exist.
Just something to think about before you run around talking down with privilege of where you’re speaking about it.
ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
If they have electricity, than fiber is practical. For the tiny few that don’t, fine. But even then, for the billions invested in launching these satellite clusters, it just might be cheaper to build a handful of crazy long terrestrial microwave links.