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Re:20 Years Since John Perry Barlow Declared Cyberspace Inde... by GuiA on Monday February 08, 2016 @03:20PM (#11060612)
> low power

> high bandwidth

> high distance

The laws of physics compel you to choose 2.

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Re:20 Years Since John Perry Barlow Declared Cyberspace Inde... by jacquesm on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:56AM (#11063422)
No, that's wrong. It's correct if you add the requirement that you're omnidirectional but if you want to let go of that requirement then low power, high bandwidth and long distance can be there at the same time.
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Re:20 Years Since John Perry Barlow Declared Cyberspace Inde... by jcoffland on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:24PM (#11062841)
The words "low" and "high" are relative terms. I would argue that by 1990 standards we've achieved all of these.
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