it’s slightly different because a floating platform is more susceptible to storms. it’s pretty expensive to repair those lines when they’re connected to a platform that inevitably gets battered about by a hurricane and the cables get damaged.
That is true, but it’s what Google and a few other operators do. Usually oil rigs will use satellite, but they’re not usually going to need the same sort of bandwidth
it’s slightly different because a floating platform is more susceptible to storms. it’s pretty expensive to repair those lines when they’re connected to a platform that inevitably gets battered about by a hurricane and the cables get damaged.
That is true, but it’s what Google and a few other operators do. Usually oil rigs will use satellite, but they’re not usually going to need the same sort of bandwidth