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by TheOtherHobbes 17 days ago
No planning restrictions. Throw up as many as you can afford to build and launch. No grid strain because they're self-powered.

And they're likely out of national jurisdictions, so you can generate all the porn you want.

Technologically? Maaaaaybe a slight ping time reduction in certain configurations compared to terrestrial fiber, because even with multiple hops lasers can still be faster than fiber.

Super-expensive, questionably economic way to do it though.

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> And they're likely out of national jurisdictions, so you can generate all the porn you want.

Means also no protection from foreign actors.

No national jurisdiction is a two-edged sword

Why cant we have self powered DC's on earth?