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hyperadvancedtoday at 4:15 AM1 replyview on HN

Agreed, starlink is obviously advantageous from the global (and extra-global) perspective. Running cables is expensive. But so is launching satellites, and it’s hard to see how you reach a tipping point where satellites gets cheaper than the standard boring cable networking that supports the terrestrial internet


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fakedangtoday at 5:35 AM

When cables not only become expensive but also risky, in an increasingly tense world.