I like how people read the facts. Iridium did not reject McCaw's offer, McCaw ended up pulling his offer after the discovery that the system could not handle broadband communications.
The system could work, an open source system...imagine a network for any company to use, not just Iridium INC. It would deregulate satellite communications just as the government deregulated just about everything else. Its an effort to run down the price of technology. When 20 companies can take advantage of a network, versus one (iridium) it creates competition and user base (something iridium didnt have). And phone services are not the limit, sure it isnt broadband, but there is sooooooo much that doesnt need HIGH BANDWIDTH. Like IRC, email, ICQ....imagine a SAT modem made for a Palm Pilot, there is nothing a Palm could handle that would be considered "broadband". When there is a userbase and competition, then products for the services will be made, a demand will occur, technologies are always expensive at first...i remember my first CD player, it was at least $500...now you can get cheap discman's for like $30. Listen, the FAT LADY HASN'T EVEN BEGUN TO SING...
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I like how people read the facts. Iridium did not reject McCaw's offer, McCaw ended up pulling his offer after the discovery that the system could not handle broadband communications.
The system could work, an open source system...imagine a network for any company to use, not just Iridium INC. It would deregulate satellite communications just as the government deregulated just about everything else. Its an effort to run down the price of technology. When 20 companies can take advantage of a network, versus one (iridium) it creates competition and user base (something iridium didnt have). And phone services are not the limit, sure it isnt broadband, but there is sooooooo much that doesnt need HIGH BANDWIDTH. Like IRC, email, ICQ....imagine a SAT modem made for a Palm Pilot, there is nothing a Palm could handle that would be considered "broadband". When there is a userbase and competition, then products for the services will be made, a demand will occur, technologies are always expensive at first...i remember my first CD player, it was at least $500...now you can get cheap discman's for like $30. Listen, the FAT LADY HASN'T EVEN BEGUN TO SING...
thanks... jeremiah, miah@saveiridium.com