Laying Fiber To The South Pole
from the not-an-easy-thing-to-do dept
The BBC has an article discussing some of the challenges faced by those planning to lay a fiber-optic cable to the South Pole, to give them internet access. For $250 million I hope they do better things with their new internet access than play Quake online (yes, I'm joking). It seems like an interesting challenge, though I still wonder if it wouldn't be easier/cheaper to put a satellite up specifically for this purpose. The article discusses how they can't use current satellites (most don't go over the South Pole), but that doesn't mean a new satellite couldn't handle the work. Of course, not being in the market for a satellite lately, I have no idea how much something like that costs, and perhaps it's well over the $250 million.
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Satellites aren't cheap
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