[Starlink] [Bloat] On fiber as critical infrastructure w/Comcast chat

Robert McMahon rjmcmahon at rjmcmahon.com
Sat Mar 25 20:04:16 EDT 2023


The primary cost is the optics. That's why they're p in sfp and pay go

Bob

On Mar 25, 2023, 4:35 PM, at 4:35 PM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Mar 2023, Robert McMahon via Bloat wrote:
>
>> The fiber has basically infinite capacity.
>
>in theory, but once you start aggregating it and having to pay for
>equipment 
>that can handle the rates, your 'infinite capaicty' starts to run out
>really 
>fast.
>
>David Lang
>
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