Billy boy's satellites [Was - Floating DataHaven]
Vipul Ved Prakash
vipul at pobox.com
Mon Aug 19 03:43:26 PDT 1996
>
> Vincent Cate wrote:
>
> > You can get Internet via radio links for reasonable prices. And via
> > satellite for almost affordable prices. When Bill Gates 900 satellites
> > get up there it should be very affordable.
>
> ... if a tad unrealiable?
>
> The thought of 900 satelites in low orbit, all running NT, makes me
> shudder. Brings a new meaning to the expression "OS crash".
>
> What are cypherpunks thoughts on this? Who really believes it'll work?
>
> Doesn't the low orbit part mean that the satellites will have a low life
> expectancy, meaning a new launch every couple of days? (where's Gerald
> Bull when you need him - oh yes, now I remember ...)
The Iridium Project was pretty neat in this respect. I don't know what
is happenning with it as of now. It had some 230+ satellites, and some
smart routing techniques, if a satellite goes down.
Vipul
vipul at pobox.com
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