Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Satellite Access in Time of War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fractional-T-1-just-not-cutting-it dept.

miladus writes "Interesting report in the Washington Post this morning about how the Pentagon is buying access to commercial satellites to meet its bandwidth needs. Most of the commercial access will be used for backup to the military satellites and for non-military tasks. And the Pentagon has to compete on the market with all the news organizations trying to cover the conflict in Iraq."

5 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Try AOL Broadband! by mschoolbus · · Score: 5, Funny

    So fast and easy to use, no wonder its number 1!!! Even make use of parental filters!

    (ducks)

  2. Satellite accuracy by coopaq · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well today's CNN war homepage with
    the goddamn size 85 arial fonts should
    help the bandwidth problem. Half the
    page is only three words.

    That's got to help.

    Of course I almost had a
    seizure when I first loaded it.

    -J

  3. GPS by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard that civilian use of GPS may become less acurate, during war. This morning I fired mine up and it says: "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  4. Domestic "Shock and Awe" by John+Jorsett · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the Pentagon has to compete on the market with all the news organizations trying to cover the conflict in Iraq

    "Hello, CBS? We'd like some of that bandwidth you've reserved. No? Well, OK. Say, out of pure curiosity, what are Dan Rather's coordinates? ... We can? Well, thanks!"

  5. Re:Just how much bandwidth is up there? by Sinus0idal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh.. I know I'm on Slashdot when its called 'Gulf War 1.0' :-)

    Does that come after the beta version?