Like, it’s the current year, if I fire up Discord, Skype or even FaceTime I can talk to or video message people on the other side of the country with close to zero lag, as if they’re right here with me. Still, when I watch TV sometimes I see that there’s a delay in the communication between the host and the reporter on the scene, even if they’re in the same city.
– So, we have Jim on the scene to bring us the newest news
– [camera focuses on Jim, 3 weird seconds passes]
– Oh yeah, John, we’re here with Ms. Davis who lost all her belongings on the Godzilla attack…
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any Internet chat/conference system I have ever used has had weird issues – latency, echo, dropped connections, stutter, etc – that are annoying for a small meeting but would be horribly embarrassing when broadcast to millions of people on the national nightly news
a satellite truck, where both ends of the connection are controlled by highly trained engineers and technicians, is more reliable, as well as being the better solution when reporting from a war zone, natural disaster, etc where the normal communications infrastructure may be down or not exist at all
>Ms. Davis who lost all her belongings on the Godzilla attack
how is Ms Davis supposed to use Skype when Godzilla has destroyed her town?
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