As an indication of its size, in 1987 Walmart had built the largest private satellite communications network in the whole of the United States.

作为其规模的标志，1987 年，沃尔玛建立了全美国最大的私人卫星通信网络。

From my perspective, this is definitely a favoralbe trend, for spending time chatting with others has a lot of advantages that can't be replicated by network communication.

在我看来， 这绝对是一个有利的趋势，因为花时间与他人聊天有很多网络交流无法复制的优势。