Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-214 hours agoReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down16file-text
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-linkReminder 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-214 hours agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoWhat is the alternative? Geostationary needs a lot more power to transmit.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours 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.
minus-squarelegion02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoThat’s not even the issue with geostationary. The problem is latency to/from satellites in geostationary orbit.
What is the alternative?
Geostationary needs a lot more power to transmit.
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.
That’s not even the issue with geostationary. The problem is latency to/from satellites in geostationary orbit.