I originally assumed these services would be primarily feed earth stations that would in turn feed local customers, and primarily in places like Africa. But it sounds like they intend to directly serve end customers, and not just in the third world. Hard to tell why Musk or Bezos do things. Or Airbus/Oneweb for that matter. I assumed “because they can”.
Satellite Internet has such a bad name after HughesNet and WildBlue that they’ll need a good marketing plan to sell it. Most customers aren’t techies and explaining to them the difference between geostationary and LEO will just make their eyes glaze over. I guess Bezos is no stranger to marketing, he must have a plan, and he has Amazon Prime. What I would fear is that it gets sold as part of the package with DISH and DirecTV. Now they have a way to market it. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Carl Peterson Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 11:41 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LEO competition to rural ISPs is real as long as they can get and manage the frequency and thus far that seems pretty real at least for the first batch of providers. I suspect at first that it should be a boon for wisps looking to get backhaul. I know I would love to be able to drop a gig "pipe" between me and any MDU or tower in the country on short notice. On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 11:34 AM Bill Prince <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: That's actually pretty close to the way it worked out. Who actually ended up with the spectrum? I think Sprint, come T-mobile (merger pending), and ultimately Softbank. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 4/18/2019 9:23 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 4/18/19 09:16, Mike Hammett wrote: >> I think most of it boils down to being under capitalized. They simply >> didn't have the money to build the network they said they would. I >> fault the cable companies and Intel for not putting up more funding. >> > > > Were they ever supposed to succeed, or was it a spectrum lease play > where they'd eventually bank enough EBS leases to sell? > -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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