Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible Highlight

Another way to irritate a cable nerd is to suggest that low-Earth-orbit satellites—which are unreliable in bad weather, are harder to repair, and need to be replaced every five years—will one day be our main source of connectivity. Satellites are still an important component for resilient physical infrastructure, especially in areas with few or no fiber connections, but they haven’t been able to compete on capacity since the 1990s.