Broadband To Hit The South Pole

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday August 21, 2002 @05:44AM from the cable-loop-isn't-yet-crowded dept.

Albanach writes: "According to this story from the BBC bids are being invited to lay a fibre-optic cable some 1600 kilometres over polar ice, linking researchers at the South Pole with the rest of the planet. Currently, researcher's communications rely upon older satellites that have drifted from their geostationary orbits into ones that are now at least partly visible from the pole. The new cable will be laid on top of the 4km ice cap, and will have to cope with repeated freezing and stretching as the ice moves."

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Re:Interesting by Lemmy+Caution · 2002-08-21 06:15 · Score: 1, Flamebait

The South Pole is populated by scientists studying climate change, astronomy and the like. Podunk Iowa is populated by literalists fundementalists who believe the earth is 6000 years old, deny evolution, and are awaiting the rapture. Who do you think needs the internet more?