From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Nov 12 1998 - 17:48:33 MST
Dan Clemmensen writes:
> [...] The economics are such that it is now
> cheaper to use undersea fiber than on-land fiber in many places even when
> the land route is cheaper. Furthermore, over the last few years, there have
How do the cost of overland/undersea fibre relate to a cloud of
line-of-sight laser LEO relays? On long distances, the LEO latency
should be even lower, slower speed of light in glass vs. vacuum
considered. Given the fight over the dirty last mile, cellular, or
even LEO wireless might be ISP's smartest choice, if launch costs to
LEO are indeed to drop as predicted. Anybody aware of work on
affordable antenna technology capable of direct ground-to-LEO?
(WSI phased-array, anyone?)
ciao,
'gene
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