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vitiral on April 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: A curious phenomenon called 'Etak'

Satellite TV, being unidirectional, can hardly be called communication.

supportengineer on April 17, 2024 | [–]

There was a satellite ISP for a time. The satellite box had a modem in it and your outbound traffic went out over the modem and the inbound traffic came down to the dish.

efreak on April 17, 2024 | [–]

One-way communication is still communication. Broadcast TV is still used today.

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