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Re:SpaceX just got FCC approval to launch 7,518 satellites by pmoriarty on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:37PM (#18463626)
I'd rather expect it to be first sold to high frequency traders. HFT firms have paid astronomical amounts to shave milliseconds off of their connection times.
Re:SpaceX just got FCC approval to launch 7,518 satellites by andrewflnr on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:15PM (#18464872)
Which is why I would expect them to already have better-latency options than going to space and back. Does anyone even bother setting up an HFT firm outside fiber range of a major exchange?