[Zancarius]

> because the only way we can stream such data over oceans (which make up most of the world's surface area)

I think this hits an important point that's lost in the media scuffle that inevitably ensues.

Because modern travel has made the world so much smaller, most people have a difficult time trying to fathom precisely how vast the oceans are and that we base our notion of coverage on what familiarities surround us--that is to say: land.