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Just give me tv, cell and dsl, or whatever, all in one, fast and cheap. Satellite, orbiting robot aircraft, low frequency sounds thru the earth...I don't care.
The killer app is to provide the communications, not just the content or the devices to decode them.
The killer app is to provide the communications, not just the content or the devices to decode them.
From the commercial I have seen, there is no difference between DSL, cable, and their service. If, in fact, their service is wildly different than what they portray, there would be an issue of false advertising.
I was just thinking (directed at anyone with signals knowledge), for this single satellite to provide always on internet coverage it will have to geosynchronous (stay above the same point on Earth 24/7). This is roughly 36000km from the surface (of Japan) of the Earth.
My question being here is that, they can do this now? 1.2 Gbps (to possibly thousands of people EACH)? Can the signal be consistent and strong enough to send data over such large distances?
But otherwise...BRING ON THE FAST INTERNET! Australia still counts as being in the Asia-Pacific
Yes, it would have to be in GEO... GEO orbits are used for a lot these days, we've got the technology down pretty good to where this shouldn't be an issue.
A satellite is an antenna dear.