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Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B by apendleton on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:33PM (#8920126)
The whole point of the original comment is that these are LEO satellites, rather than the geosynchronous satellites in use for previous internet service. These won't be traditional; they'll be about a thirtieth as far away.
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Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B by throwaway90999 on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:00PM (#8920834)
There were mentions of both technologies and I was replying to devindotcom who was talking about how high latency satellites are still useful. Here's a link to that comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920059

That is why I was careful to specify traditional satellite internet services. It appears the distinction was lost.

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