[victorbjorklund]

Just adds a bunch of new problems. ”We need a replacement cable. Guess we have to send a rocket and it’s gonna take a few months to plan”

[benoau]

Sure, it's got a loooooot of complexities that undermine those upsides.

But sometimes problems get solved, undersea cables faced (and still present) a lot of challenges too.

[victorbjorklund]

But this is the harder choice. It’s like saying ”look undersea cables have problems so instead of putting them under the sea, why don’t we put cables above the sea instead and have helium balloons holding up the cable from Europe to North America. We solve the underwater problems…