Independent_Buy5152 t1_jdm92u4 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Reply to comment by nopower81 in U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves - over internet cables by Global_Informant

Traffic from the satellites need to be relayed by gateways so that it can be routed towards the Internet. Basically Starlink users still need the current internet backbone in order to browse reddit

[deleted] t1_jdm9ge5 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:21 PM

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nopower81 t1_jdmbr0g wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:41 PM

That's what I said, soon all trafic will be transmitted wirelessly across the entire earth, the only problem with that is the amount of RF energy being beamed everywhere, google "antennas near me" or "microwave transmitters near me"

Independent_Buy5152 t1_jdmc0lf wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:43 PM

No that's not how the Internet works

Rook22Ti t1_jdmh033 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:23 PM

Yeah but he said it with confidence.

bigjojo321 t1_jdmhs71 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:30 PM

No it really won't, and no one is proposing this.

A Hard-lined network is going to remain faster, cheaper, and more practical for decades.

kariam_24 t1_jdr4p09 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Just like you ignored in other replies, internet is basicly all fiber, what you are mentioning are just access network that connect you to your provider.

Starlink which have fiber network (look at ground stations instead of being ingorant), even without ground stations they would have to connect to other providers.