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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by rhino369 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:55AM (#14265251)
The cost of fiber is mostly the cost of hooking up homes. Once you have that, the cost of running a connection to a telecom is cheap comparatively.
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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by alkonaut on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:11PM (#14265976)
I think that's true in places like (large parts of) the US where the "last mile problem" exists. However for lots of rural Africa, China, Australia there surely must also exist a "first 1000miles problem".
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