• witx@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 hours ago

    Spoken like a true spoiled city person Good luck getting the necessary infrastructure built (cables, towers, et al) to really remote places. It’s probably more expensive in the long run than having a satellite constellation.

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      5 hours ago

      Good luck? Most of the world is already there. I had 3g in deep jungles of Thailand last weekend and even in the most remote places in China have wire these days.

      The main point is that sat is limited by physics so cell towers and wire are upgrades over sat so it makes much more sense to start with better technology now as we’ll never need less connection.

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        4 hours ago

        And wires are not bound by physics? To run cables over such long distances you have to boost the signal at periodic distances to avoid voltage drops and noise

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          3 hours ago

          If we can figure out how to put them on the bottom of the ocean and pipelines over just about any terrain, I think we can figure this out

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            2 hours ago

            Yes and we can also use a solution which requires absolutely no cables and digging at all, and that doesn’t disrupt any natural environments and occupies land.

            And yes I’m aware of the impact satellites have on the atmosphere. There’s no free lunch.

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      5 hours ago

      Idk i live in a country where we have wifi in some forests and free wifi in every large city. And we’re an ex soviet shithole.