• RobotToaster
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    1 month ago

    What is the alternative?

    Geostationary needs a lot more power to transmit.

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      1 month ago

      That’s not even the issue with geostationary. The problem is latency to/from satellites in geostationary orbit.

    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      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.