On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:37:40 EST, Rodrick Brown said: > There's about 1/2 a dozen or so known private and government research > facilities on Antarctica and I'm surprised to see no fiber end points on that > continent? This can't be true.
Cost-benefit. A dozen sites, each with only 100-200 people, scattered across something a tad bigger than Europe. Even if you *land* a cable (which would be a technical challenge, as there's few places you can land it without having to contend with an ice shelf), the other 11 sites will *still* be so far away that dragging fiber to *there* will be cost-impractical. Especially the ones that are moving because they're actually on glaciers or ice shelves. But hey, if you think you can do it without going broke, go for it. ;)
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