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Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

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[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Fibre is not going to get us up north.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Similar problems with fibre to all of Australia. It's just not feasible for small remote communities.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Microwave towers? They don't bridge enormous distances but can bypass areas that it would be inadvisable to lay cable

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Terrestrial solutions for remote areas typically have excessive build out and maintenance costs.

Engineers will do a tradeoff and select the most suitable solution given the criteria. It's very easy to underestimate costs, particularly over the entire lifetime of the system.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And satellite consolations don't. How are we launching them into space with our friends the Americans, Russia, China or India?

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You use any of the launch providers, yes, including Arianspace.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

I had to look up that name and I'm sure glad there's another E in there..

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There are solutions for the far arctic that aren't high density mesh networks polluting low earth orbit.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yes there are such solutions, but for remote regions without infrastructure and with high build out and operating/maintenance costs for terrestrial technology, I suspect that the most cost effective solution that we can achieve in a timely fashion is probably LEO, like Lightspeed or Starlink. Particularly since Canada has half a century of experience building satellite systems.

Managing LEO debris and congestion is not an insurmountable challenge.

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe when we get 6g and our avian bird flu boosters we can get 6g access through our minds 🤯

/s due to it being utterly insane, but I recognize Poe's law is alive more than ever now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Buddy, I'm an aero eng. There are lots of ways to get satellites in polar orbits.

Why didn't you look at the actual Lightspeed site from Telesat? Why would you pick a random paper? The Telesat site explains how they get coverage in polar regions.

https://www.telesat.com/leo-satellites/

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are lots of ways to get satellites in polar orbits.

Of course there are, but the customers are mostly not at the poles, so any times the satellites spend at the poles is wasted.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I suggest you look up the solution that Telesat will use. I'm not involved in that project, but a quick glance shows me that the engineers involved have probably done their homework and have considered the customer base and their needs, including the need to service all regions of the country.