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To: H James Morris who wrote (136497)1/3/2002 2:33:30 PM
From: Alomex  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Doesn't satellite transmission take away the need to dig up city trenches,or to lay fibre across the oceans?

Nope. Fiber has a ton more capacity and less delay than satellite based communication. That is why the keep dropping cables across the ocean, as expensive as it is.