It's not the fiber that's the problem. I mean, it is ... but that's not the analog part we are talking about.

ATC communications are still over two-way radio. It's like walkie-talkies but on aviation bands instead of citizen bands. There are digital communications in some cases but it's definitely not the baseline.

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bigfatkitten 12 hours ago | parent [-]

And that part is not the problem.

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anon7000 12 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s a good example of legacy technology with severe flaws

	▲	bigfatkitten 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And with nothing approximating good (let alone better) to replace it.