Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-21 month agoReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up11.84Karrow-down120file-text
arrow-up11.82Karrow-down1imageReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-21 month agomessage-square309fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToasterlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWhat is the alternative? Geostationary needs a lot more power to transmit.
minus-squarelegion02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s not even the issue with geostationary. The problem is latency to/from satellites in geostationary orbit.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago What is the alternative? Underground fiber. The thing we paid all our telecoms to install back in the 90s, which they promptly didn’t do after pocketing all the money.
What is the alternative?
Geostationary needs a lot more power to transmit.
That’s not even the issue with geostationary. The problem is latency to/from satellites in geostationary orbit.
Underground fiber. The thing we paid all our telecoms to install back in the 90s, which they promptly didn’t do after pocketing all the money.