Nightmare, or
dream, of anyone who works with (or uses)
telecommunications, meaning that your connection is somehow being fed through
satellite .
Has been known to happen on several occasions. Usually used humorously, e.g. of a static-laden local
telephone connection: "Gee, I think we're patched into NORAD..."
Pathetic, when you think of it, but back in modem days, we took what we could get.