The Equator and internet service??
Does being closer to the equator have anything to do with internet service? Up North it could be raining, sleeting, snowing cats and dogs and I ALWAYS had internet service. Here in Florida, EVER...
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Hi Chris,
Iqaluit Nunavet has no land line access of any kind. All internet back bone is via Satellite. This leads to some interesting problems, because twice per year (around the equinox) the geosynchronous satellite, ground dish and sun all are in a straight line. The sun "drowns out" the signal, so there is a 2 hour gap where only locally based internet is available.
There is also (very expensive) satellite phone internet with birds in low earth orbit.
Iqaluit Nunavet has no land line access of any kind. All internet back bone is via Satellite. This leads to some interesting problems, because twice per year (around the equinox) the geosynchronous satellite, ground dish and sun all are in a straight line. The sun "drowns out" the signal, so there is a 2 hour gap where only locally based internet is available.
There is also (very expensive) satellite phone internet with birds in low earth orbit.
Chris Bryant wrote:
And- no part of the Internet is via satellite, unless you have a sat internet provider. It's all fiber optics- satellites have far too much latency.
