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Re:SpaceX sends laser-linked Starlinks to the polar orbit by SheinhardtWigCo on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:28PM (#25910401)
> shaving even 10-20 milliseconds of latency on a data path can unlock finance and emergency capabilities

The financial upside is clear, but what kind of emergency capabilities do you mean?

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Re:SpaceX sends laser-linked Starlinks to the polar orbit by cozzyd on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:50AM (#25913000)
Maybe something like remote-controlled rescue?
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Re:SpaceX sends laser-linked Starlinks to the polar orbit by aaron695 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:37AM (#25913457)
I suspect it's just the scam people use for no use i.e. https://xkcd.com/2128/

But I too was interested to see if they had an actual idea in mind?

I would think the computer game market. Maybe other markets that have high end mature users where client side is very good so lower latency might be something that matters relative.

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