Why Starlink Will Never Replace Undersea Internet Cables
Starlink has 6,000 satellites. A single submarine cable carries more data than all of them. Here is the data behind the 175x capacity gap.
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Starlink has 6,000 satellites. A single submarine cable carries more data than all of them. Here is the data behind the 175x capacity gap.
When a cable fails, BGP reroutes the internet in 30 seconds to minutes. Here is how BFD detection, BGP convergence, and traffic rerouting actually work.