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The latency is terrible, but the bandwidth isn't too bad. (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's also versions at smaller scales that Google and Amazon have. A lot of times even less than 10TB of data can be easier to physically ship than to upload since you may have to saturate your connection for while for that which isn't feasible for many especially businesses