So on 9/11 there would have been no Internet?
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 6:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] http://airbornewirelessnetwork.com/#advantages The idea looks to use already regularly scheduled commercial aircraft and mesh the backhaul between aircraft in the air. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com <mailto:part15...@gmail.com> > wrote: The question is how many subscribers does it take to keep one of their aircraft orbiting, and how large of an area does that cover. It's tough to make a business case for this unless both of those numbers are pretty large. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 12/26/2016 2:25 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: Of all the business plan models I�ve run, I don�t think budgeting in the cost of flying airplanes was going to make them profitable.� Do these guys really think this is a good idea?� When Viasat gets their next satellite running late next year, these guys are toast.� Maybe I�m missing something but do you see these guys having a chance? � Rory Conaway � Triad Wireless � CEO 4226 S. 37th Street � Phoenix � AZ 85040 602-426-0542 <tel:(602)%20426-0542> r...@triadwireless.net <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net> www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/> � �One thing you learned as a Cubs fan, when you bought a ticket, you could always bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.� � Joe Garagiola � -- David Kunat
