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Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

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[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

There are solutions for the far arctic that aren't high density mesh networks polluting low earth orbit.

[-] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Yes there are such solutions, but for remote regions without infrastructure and with high build out and operating/maintenance costs for terrestrial technology, I suspect that the most cost effective solution that we can achieve in a timely fashion is probably LEO, like Lightspeed or Starlink. Particularly since Canada has half a century of experience building satellite systems.

Managing LEO debris and congestion is not an insurmountable challenge.

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