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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Im very much open to replacing my Starlink - but this isn’t it. Land based lasers are just going to be attached to things called cell towers - and if I have one of those nearby… then I’d use cellular.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The tech sounds useful to bridge cell towers in rural areas among each other to skip satellites and laying cables.

Back when I was still in university, dormatories' internet was established using a similar tech to the main campus. It was great, except on snowy days. Then there was just no internet at all.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago

Might have been microwave link. We had those as part of our disaster recovery at a few places I worked.

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That sounds like a major drawback. I guess it's still better than nothing tho. Did rain cause issues as well?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I don't think so. Cannot remember that it did. Fog did though.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's still longer distance than cellular and it can get even better. Cell towers will always win.