[gurps] Re: Re: Internet on blue planet and like worlds

[Eric Funk]

> That's also part of the solution; shorter distances between towers
> mean less alignment problems and much lower power requirements, and
> the reduced marginal cost to add dishes and transceivers to the same
> tower naturally lead to a finer mesh of wireless links.

A few sciency facts

1) smaller planets will have sharper curvatures of the surface, limiting the 
distances of directional radio.

2) if the distance between colonies contains untamed land, rivers, marshes, 
and so on, you will not want to lay a raw cable. If you don't own the 
property between the sites, then you either build cable around, or use MW*.

3) accurate unified GPS/alignment system will allow antennas to find each 
other

(perhasps use a database or simple radio broadcast to locate each other)


* Unless there is legislation allowing them to tax broadcast transmissions 
over their proprty**.

** Dont' laugh -- there are some ongoing law suits about this IRL...

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Eric Funk
"Knowledge Brings Fear" -- Motto of Mars University, Futurama