• SamB@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    There are remote areas where cable won’t reach. For example, I need surveillance on a remote farm and I would love to get internet there.

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      9 hours ago

      Cable will reach anywhere. There is not such a place that cable “will not reach”. Is there a profit incentive to serve you as a customer in a capitalist system? Maybe not. But cable will reach.

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        9 hours ago

        Not sure if you are in Europe, but in the US there are places where you could walk the width of Germany and see 100 houses. It does not serve to be technically correct here. Also, how would that work with boats / other vehicles and places without infrastructures?

        • sasquatch7704@lemmy.world
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          15 minutes ago

          There are exceptions, but in most cases (in Europe) hardwire should work fine. The problem is that starlink is advertised for any use case.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours ago

        I know plent of places in my European country where cable does reach, but was made for landline phones and cannot carry any data for internet because its so far from the nearest distribution center. even wireless like microwave can’t sustain more than a quality camera feed

      • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        Well, cable will not reach a warzone which is a rather pertinent use for a satellite communication system at present.

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        8 hours ago

        You’d need signal boosters at regular intervals, which need power… so now you’re running multiple cables.

        But you can’t run them too close together as the power will induce noise in the data cable.

        And after a long distance even the power needs boosting.

        And to protect the cables, you’d need to bury them or put them on poles. Separately.

        At a certain point, cable becomes the expensive option…

        • sasquatch7704@lemmy.world
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          10 minutes ago

          Usually fiber is used between cities and in cities and copper is for the “last mile”. Usually there is a switching box for the street / building complex

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        9 hours ago

        One broken cable can result in a city/town without internet. Speaking from experience.

        Also satellites have other uses like GPS

    • sasquatch7704@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I understand, but that is the exception. Even in your case probably getting 4G / 5G to that area would be cheaper / easier long term. Also Europe has a relatively high density compared with other continents