FTL/Wavenet/Interwave
In open space, radio signals travel at (obviously) the speed of light. Since space is big, this causes problems involving communications lag. A number of fen inventors have developed their own FTL radio systems. Each one is a bit different, but they all operate on the same principles as FTL travel.
The "standard" FTL radio used in Fenspace has an estimated signal speed of 10000.0c, bridging the gap from Earth to Pluto in just over a second (but calling the nearest star is a six hour round trip for one signal. Remember, space is big). As befits the patchwork that is the realspace radio network, the FTL system's total available bandwidth and general reliability depend on what device was handwaved to create the FTL transponder in the first place.
The system that's achieved the greatest penetration is the Interwave. Interwave transmitters are large and power hungry, but they provide enough bandwidth to act as the backbone for FanNet. Some notable Interwave nodes exist at:
Crystal Tokyo
Earth
Tranquility Base, Luna
Stellivia
The Island
Grover's Corners
Phobos
Mars
Starbase 1
Hephaestus
Starbase 2
Greenwood (Rockhounds, Inc. Homebase)
End Proposed Section
In my opinion, we're not going to see a .l5, or a .bab, or a .gc. Top-level domains go to things like _countries_, and while the 'Fen are Something Completely Different, I don't see us getting individual top-level domains.
My suggested compromise is .or for orbital addresses, and .sp for space-based addresses. Hephaestus, for instance, hosts most of it's mail off of Hsfhom.net, while the 'professional face' (the URL on my business card, fr'instance) would read Hephaestus Metals and Metalworking, online at www.Hephaestus.sp
Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
In open space, radio signals travel at (obviously) the speed of light. Since space is big, this causes problems involving communications lag. A number of fen inventors have developed their own FTL radio systems. Each one is a bit different, but they all operate on the same principles as FTL travel.
The "standard" FTL radio used in Fenspace has an estimated signal speed of 10000.0c, bridging the gap from Earth to Pluto in just over a second (but calling the nearest star is a six hour round trip for one signal. Remember, space is big). As befits the patchwork that is the realspace radio network, the FTL system's total available bandwidth and general reliability depend on what device was handwaved to create the FTL transponder in the first place.
The system that's achieved the greatest penetration is the Interwave. Interwave transmitters are large and power hungry, but they provide enough bandwidth to act as the backbone for FanNet. Some notable Interwave nodes exist at:
Crystal Tokyo
Earth
Tranquility Base, Luna
Stellivia
The Island
Grover's Corners
Phobos
Mars
Starbase 1
Hephaestus
Starbase 2
Greenwood (Rockhounds, Inc. Homebase)
End Proposed Section
In my opinion, we're not going to see a .l5, or a .bab, or a .gc. Top-level domains go to things like _countries_, and while the 'Fen are Something Completely Different, I don't see us getting individual top-level domains.
My suggested compromise is .or for orbital addresses, and .sp for space-based addresses. Hephaestus, for instance, hosts most of it's mail off of Hsfhom.net, while the 'professional face' (the URL on my business card, fr'instance) would read Hephaestus Metals and Metalworking, online at www.Hephaestus.sp
Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979