From the perspective of an ISP that buys a lot of many different types of singlemode fiber optic cable: This is cool and all, but we care about dollars per meter for cable purchase orders.
Until the cost per kilogram of launching stuff into orbit is drastically reduced (think: massive fleets of 100% reusable BFR-sized rockets sending stuff into LEO on a regularly scheduled basis), I don't see how this will have a real world application outside of special non-profit, government funded R&D projects.
Until the cost per kilogram of launching stuff into orbit is drastically reduced (think: massive fleets of 100% reusable BFR-sized rockets sending stuff into LEO on a regularly scheduled basis), I don't see how this will have a real world application outside of special non-profit, government funded R&D projects.