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Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You use any of the launch providers, yes, including Arianspace.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

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