  We introduce an alternative type of quantum repeater for long-range quantum
communication with improved scaling with the distance. We show that by
employing hashing, a deterministic entanglement distillation protocol with
one-way communication, one obtains a scalable scheme that allows one to reach
arbitrary distances, with constant overhead in resources per repeater station,
and ultrahigh rates. In practical terms, we show that also with moderate
resources of a few hundred qubits at each repeater station, one can reach
intercontinental distances. At the same time, a measurement-based
implementation allows one to tolerate high loss, but also operational and
memory errors of the order of several percent per qubit. This opens the way for
long-distance communication of big quantum data.
