Seems to me like Dish tv has been around forever while spaceX is just now providing internet via satellite, what took so long?
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It’s down to TV being “broadcast” and internet being “multicast”.
In a broadcast, a satellite is just pumping out a strong signal that anybody with a dish can receive.
But in multicast, the satellite is communicating back and forth individually with all of the different computers connecting to it. A satellite needs a lot more processing power to do that.
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