Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

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  • @[email protected]
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    77 days ago

    Similar problems with fibre to all of Australia. It’s just not feasible for small remote communities.

    • @[email protected]
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      47 days ago

      Microwave towers? They don’t bridge enormous distances but can bypass areas that it would be inadvisable to lay cable

      • @[email protected]OP
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        37 days ago

        Terrestrial solutions for remote areas typically have excessive build out and maintenance costs.

        Engineers will do a tradeoff and select the most suitable solution given the criteria. It’s very easy to underestimate costs, particularly over the entire lifetime of the system.

        • @[email protected]
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          7 days ago

          And satellite consolations don’t. How are we launching them into space with our friends the Americans, Russia, China or India?

            • Noxy
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              16 days ago

              I had to look up that name and I’m sure glad there’s another E in there…