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Re:Musk files to provide Internet service from space by lmm on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @06:31AM (#9691038)
Commodity hardware goes obsolete quickly and fails frequently. Satellite-grade hardware is much older and slower than what we use for today's websites. Putting anything into orbit is expensive. Energy is much more expensive in orbit than on the ground. And it's not like the majority of your customers are going to be satellite internet users.

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