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IS "SATELLITE RECEPTION" *really* the basis for Internet, TV, and "Global Communications"?
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:56 pm
Haven't we all been told (without question) that Global Internet & TV "communications receptions" are "Satellites-based"?
The Truth of the matter:
Undersea cables provide OVER 99% of the Internet Traffic for the entire world.
WATCH: How a Few Undersea Cables Connect the Entire Internet
(This might explain why phone and internet comm is dicey or even non-existent in vast areas of the word/realm -- especially the South Pacific).
So what of about those thousands of supposed "Satellites" circling the earth?
The Truth of the matter:
Undersea cables provide OVER 99% of the Internet Traffic for the entire world.
WATCH: How a Few Undersea Cables Connect the Entire Internet
(This might explain why phone and internet comm is dicey or even non-existent in vast areas of the word/realm -- especially the South Pacific).
So what of about those thousands of supposed "Satellites" circling the earth?
This post was edited on 2/18/22 at 12:54 pm
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Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:58 pm to Liberator
Are you high? No one thinks their internet comes from satellites. Unless you have Hughes net, I think it's called.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:58 pm to Liberator
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So what of about those thousands of supposed "Satellites" circling the earth?
They are there to battle the Death Star
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:58 pm to Liberator
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IS "SATELLITE RECEPTION" *really* the basis for Internet, TV, and "Global Communications"?
No, at least not the sole basis. Who is saying that?
Satellites are up there for lots of reasons. Public communications, satellite radio, and television are a very small part of it. Besides, a huge portion of satellites put up by governments for "communications" are spy/intelligence satellites--I thought everyone knew that.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:59 pm to Liberator
How does DirectTV and Sirius/XM radio work?
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:03 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I guess when my Sirius radio goes out, it is not because I drove through a tunnel, it is because a giant squid got tied up in the undersea cables. Good to know.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:04 pm to Liberator
1866 Map, Transatlantic cable:
1912 Map of Undersea Cable system:
1912 Map of Undersea Cable system:
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:05 pm to Liberator
Are the cables connected to star forts?
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:05 pm to Liberator
I don't think anyone disputes that undersea cables are an enormous part of communications on earth. What exactly is your question here? No one is saying that every satellite up there is for internet or television.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:06 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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How does DirectTV and Sirius/XM radio work?
Undersea cables, OR <---> land-based antennae bouncing signal <---> one relay antenna to the next.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:07 pm to Liberator
Look at all those terminations in Frankfurt, right where the CIA shot up the secret data center to retrieve the Dominion servers..
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:07 pm to Liberator
Wait until you find out how the NSA was tapping the cables when they came ashore in San Francisco and how submarines tapping Russian military undersea cables was a part of the Cold War.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:08 pm to Indefatigable
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I don't think anyone disputes that undersea cables are an enormous part of communications on earth.
Yeah, because 99% is JUST "enormous".
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What exactly is your question here?
YOU seem to be the one asking the question.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:08 pm to Liberator
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Undersea cables, OR <---> land-based antennae bouncing signal <---> one relay antenna to the next.
All of the above, as well as bouncing off satellites.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:09 pm to Liberator
Different subject but kind of related in what people think. I once had a remote spot up in Choctaw County. Horrible phone coverage and I had to use DISH for tv. Back then the receiver had a smart card. I had trouble with it so I called DISH but had to drive up the road 1/2 mile or so. Was talking to support, told her the symptoms and told here I thought I needed a new smart card. She said do this and this to the TV and I explained, I am not in front of the tv that I had to drive 1/2 mile to get phone service. She "well no wonder you can't get satellite if you don't have phone service". Even I knew of the Clarke rotation of satellites 22,000 miles in the sky. She finally sent me a new smart card.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:09 pm to Liberator
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Yeah, because 99% is JUST "enormous".
Ok, what word would you use? Undersea cables constitute the overwhelming share of communications on earth. Better?
Who told you that satellites were the basis for all communications on earth? I have never seen that statement anywhere, but it seems to be the implication of your OP.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:10 pm to Y.A. Tittle
TV, yes. Go check out your local cable co. headend. Those dishes are not out there for decoration. More is moving to being sent via internet, but there is still a lot beamed down from Sats.
Internet/telephone not so much. Mostly long haul fiber.
Internet/telephone not so much. Mostly long haul fiber.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:11 pm to Liberator
Still looking forward to Elon Musk's Starlink.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:13 pm to Liberator
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Internet & TV "communications receptions"
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Undersea cables provide OVER 99% of the Internet Traffic
These two are not the same thing.
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