alt Hacker NewsWait. They're not doing the orbital mesh?!
I thought that was fundamental to the whole network?
Not another Elon bullshit?
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NetMageSCW • yesterday at 8:34 PM
Don’t jump on the ignorance bandwagon.
Wait. They're not doing the orbital mesh?!
I thought that was fundamental to the whole network?
Not another Elon bullshit?
Don’t jump on the ignorance bandwagon.
They are doing orbital mesh, still need downlinks though, and having them close to the earthbound endpoint is key for low latency.
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