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Estimate of satellite vs. Land-based traffic
- Subject: Estimate of satellite vs. Land-based traffic
- From: sthaug at nethelp.no (sthaug at nethelp.no)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:51:12 +0100 (CET)
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> When I was working with Svalbard, Internet connectivity was through a
> satellite link at about 2.5 degrees
> elevation looking through a notch in the mountains. I don't think it
> has changed
It has. Svalbard now has undersea cable connection to the Norwegian
mainland. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no