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Another Stab At Internet Access By Satellite

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-will-it-be-national-and-mobile dept.

dpilgrim writes "As someone who probably won't live long enough to see DSL or cable Internet reach my rural neighborhood, I follow the 'Satellite Wars' pretty closely. Looks like Echostar is claiming once again they have a viable high-speed Internet access satellite under construction. Really. They do. According to this AP story, they have pictures and all. The big news is that based on this 'new evidence' the FCC has rescinded their revocation of Echostar's license. Yes, this submission came to you 44,000 miles over Starband's satellite link, and Starband is an Echostar partner. Wonder how long that relationship will last?"

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  1. Re:Speed of light by pyrrho · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    this makes no sense whatever.

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    -pyrrho

  2. Re:Satellite = bad idea by Guppy06 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Down in Antarctica, the only internet access available is by satellite -- and it's so impossibly slow that"

    A rocket scientist, I see...

    IDIOT! They're in ANTARCTICA! As in "south of the Antarctic Circle!" As in "they're damned lucky the geostationary satellite was above the horizon to begin with!" You can't get much further away from the equator or try to transmit through more atmosphere than that!

    Hell, most of Canada and Alaska need a bigger-than-average dish to get DSS TV service, and they're not even above the Arctic Circle. Hawaii is only about 60 degrees west of the satellites and they have the same problem. And you think that a bunch of people 90 degrees away from the satellite will get the same kind of service as those of us who live within 30?

    I can't stress this enough: IDIOT! You and the morons that modded you up.