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Japan to Deploy Massive Broadband Satellite

Posted by samzenpus on from the connect-anywhere dept.

demachina writes "Japan has announced plans to deploy a massive broadband satellite operational in 2015. It will provide 100 Mbit/sec service to mountains, remote islands and bullet trains along with comm for disaster recovery. Its giant 66 ft. diameter dish is supposed to be able to receive even weak cell phones signals. Of course, the ping times wont be so good."

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  1. Good job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, the ping times wont be so good.

    Good job they've announced it so early then.

    1. Re:Good job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's not really important anyway. Normal users don't use the ping command or even heard of it.

    2. Re:Good job by Himring · · Score: 1, Funny

      the outer boondocks in Texas

      Not just the boondocks but the outer boondocks....

      East of bumblef*ck and north of "the sticks" right?

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      "All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
  2. Japanese in space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought Space was owned by America? I can't see George standing for this, he'll use his death star to shoot it out the sky.

    1. Re:Japanese in space? by ceeam · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, I heard they have already scheduled deathtronauts' spacewalk to cut dangling rags from the beam focus. Let's also hope two missing tiles from it won't lead to spectacular self-destroy salvo.

  3. Re:The US left behind again by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't worry, America's going to the moon in 2015! So they'll be light-years ahead of everyone else....

  4. Re:The US left behind again by maxwell+demon · · Score: 1, Funny
    So they'll be light-years ahead of everyone else....

    No, just about 1.3 lightseconds.
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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  5. Re:The US left behind again by NBarnes · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/08/president-and -intelligent-design.html

    Don't confuse us Amerikuns with facts, we ain't too smert here and we like it dat wey! Praise Jeebus and pass the Chinese-manufactured, Indian-designed, Japanese-researched cel phoon so I cun call in to Russ Limbaw.

  6. Re:Laser beams by TristanBrotherton · · Score: 1, Funny

    Get out of the wrong side of bed today did we? I would love to "fuck off to the moon". Lend me 20 million dollars and i will.

  7. It could possibly be even faster.... by stupid_is · · Score: 2, Funny
    ....with this nifty invention.

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    -- Intelligence is soluble in alcohol
  8. RUN if ping times get exceptionally better!!! by simos · · Score: 3, Funny

    An advice to our Japanese friends:

    RUN LIKE HELL if the ping times get exceptionally better!!!