Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoA European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s whywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down113cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1external-linkA European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s whywww.cnbc.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square149fedilinkcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
minus-squareSayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYou’d need signal boosters at regular intervals, which need power… so now you’re running multiple cables. But you can’t run them too close together as the power will induce noise in the data cable. And after a long distance even the power needs boosting. And to protect the cables, you’d need to bury them or put them on poles. Separately. At a certain point, cable becomes the expensive option…
minus-squaresasquatch7704@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·19 hours agoUsually fiber is used between cities and in cities and copper is for the “last mile”. Usually there is a switching box for the street / building complex
minus-squareSayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoYou still need signal reconditioning for fibre too, which needs power… I know where you’re coming from, but not everywhere is populated enough, so these alternatives exist.
You’d need signal boosters at regular intervals, which need power… so now you’re running multiple cables.
But you can’t run them too close together as the power will induce noise in the data cable.
And after a long distance even the power needs boosting.
And to protect the cables, you’d need to bury them or put them on poles. Separately.
At a certain point, cable becomes the expensive option…
Usually fiber is used between cities and in cities and copper is for the “last mile”. Usually there is a switching box for the street / building complex
You still need signal reconditioning for fibre too, which needs power…
I know where you’re coming from, but not everywhere is populated enough, so these alternatives exist.
You need it every 100km