• pelya
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    462 days ago
    • They split off from Google.

    • They are not using satellites, they shine a lazer from one fixed tower to another, with range about 20 km.

    • Monkey With A Shell
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      192 days ago

      Ah, see that’s where not reading is a problem. Just saw star link competitor and remembered something a recently about China looking to launch a similar system.

      Odd they would phrase it as a ‘starlink competitor’ then though rather than ‘a new ISP bid’. Wireless systems with directional antenna relays are not really new, not sure if any use laser particularly but the concept is essentially the same.

      • pelya
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        42 days ago

        Yup. Now we have long-range WiFi filling that niche.