Engineering for Slow Internet

Re:Engineering for Slow Internet by Scoundreller on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:35AM (#40534947)

Even wealthy countries will have dead zones (Toronto subway until recently, and like 90% of the landmass), and at least in Canada, “running out of data” and just having none left (or it being extremely expensive) was relatively common until about the last year or two when things got competitive (finally!).

Still have an entire territory where everything is satellite fed (Nunavut), including its capital.

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Re:Engineering for Slow Internet by greenish_shores on Friday May 31, 2024 @03:29PM (#40539297)

Wow. I didn't knew that Nunavut is entirely satellite fed. That's very interesting to know, thanks. Do you have some more info, though? What kind of satellite - geostationary, LEO? Also which constellation has the most share of traffic from Nunavut?

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Re:Engineering for Slow Internet by Scoundreller on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:35PM (#40542115)

Unsure if other telcos have their own setups, but:

> Northwestel, one of biggest internet service providers in the North, said it provides broadband service for all Nunavut communities using Telesat's Telestar 19 VANTAGE high-throughput satellite. After the satellite was deployed in July 2018, Northwestel said it would significantly improve broadband connectivity in the territory, increasing speeds to 15 megabits per second.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/efforts-underway-to-improve-...

Interestingly, the same satellite (but different transponders) probably supplies internet to a good chunk of transatlantic voyages between US/Can and Europe: https://www.telesat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Telstar-1...

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