After all, they lost their entire investment in Napster.
If you extend the logic of this argument, then the State of California should go after the investors in Enron. After all, aren't these investors guilty of supporting a company that profited from massive energy price fixing that hurt consumers everywhere?
If this lawsuit succeeds, it will have a chilling effect on any company that is challenging the status quo.
I've been a beta tester on the Gilat system since June. While the initial service was intermittent, it has improved dramatically in the last several weeks.
Yes, it is slow. Minimum latency seems to run around 800 ms but I get typical download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than my 56k modem. Since I'm not into either gaming or internet telephony, the latency doesn't seem to bother me too much.
I agree with some of the other posters that installation of the system is an issue with widescale acceptance. It took two installers 8 hours to get the dish installed and pointed correctly and they had to come back a second time to get it pointed at the right satellite. The dish is oval shaped (about 3X2 feet) and can also receive satellite tv programming (which I am not signed up for).
Since I was invited to be a alpha tester, I have not had to pay anything for the service which I can apparently keep for free until Jan. 2001. They have not told us what the cost will be after that.
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After all, they lost their entire investment in Napster.
If you extend the logic of this argument, then the State of California should go after the investors in Enron. After all, aren't these investors guilty of supporting a company that profited from massive energy price fixing that hurt consumers everywhere?
If this lawsuit succeeds, it will have a chilling effect on any company that is challenging the status quo.
I've been a beta tester on the Gilat system since June. While the initial service was intermittent, it has improved dramatically in the last several weeks. Yes, it is slow. Minimum latency seems to run around 800 ms but I get typical download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than my 56k modem. Since I'm not into either gaming or internet telephony, the latency doesn't seem to bother me too much. I agree with some of the other posters that installation of the system is an issue with widescale acceptance. It took two installers 8 hours to get the dish installed and pointed correctly and they had to come back a second time to get it pointed at the right satellite. The dish is oval shaped (about 3X2 feet) and can also receive satellite tv programming (which I am not signed up for). Since I was invited to be a alpha tester, I have not had to pay anything for the service which I can apparently keep for free until Jan. 2001. They have not told us what the cost will be after that.