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by schiffern 3887 days ago
>The internet as we know it in the industrialized world is a product of an abundant energy supply, a robust electricity infrastructure, and sustained economic growth. It cannot survive if these conditions change.

I was going to run the numbers for Elon Musk's 4000 satellite low-latency global gigabit pizza-box phased-array rooftop antenna internet, but I think that's even more dependent on those conditions. SpaceX is shooting for a new hardware spin every 5 years.

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    Musk's 4000 satellite low latency global gigabit
    pizza box phased array rooftop antenna internet
I don't think you can give a better description than that.