Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Fiber vs. Satellite Communication

Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting data by sending light waves through optical fibers. At present the majority of communication in the world uses optical fiber. However other methods of communication remain, including satellites.
Flat Earths consider the use of optical fiber today as "proof" that satellites do not exist. This is fallacy hasty generalization. With the same "logic", we can conclude that the train does not exist just by showing that we can travel by car.
The advantage of optical fiber is that it has low latency. The data sent will arrive at the destination in a short time. Short latency is important in applications such as real-time communication or online games. Another plus is the high bandwidth capacity. An optical fiber can theoretically have a bandwidth of up to 1000000 Gbps, far above copper cables of the same size, and far above the satellite bandwidth capacity. And an optical fiber connection between countries generally has hundreds, even thousands of strands of optical fiber.
Compared to satellites, the lack of optical fiber is its point-to-point. To be reached by fiber optics, service providers must pull the fiber optic cable to that location. While satellites already have coverage, and these locations only require a receiving device to enjoy satellite services.
Several decades ago, before the many uses of optical fiber, many ISPs used satellite connections. Today more people use optical fibers because the price is increasingly economical. However, for remote locations where only 100 people live, for example, optical fiber is no longer economical. In such cases, satellite connections can be more economical.

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