Heard a rumor or started one? ;-) Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected]
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 7:29 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > Heard a rumor that Apple was wanting to get into the LEO broadband satellite > business too. > > You heard it here first. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> On 7/5/2017 12:09 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: >> 900 f’n satellites? Jeez, isn’t there some sort of international consortium >> that says that’s more than enough? >> >> That’s going to be over 1Tbps capacity network wide? >> >> That should definitely help the digital divide for remote areas. >> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway >> Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 1:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Iridium 2.0? >> >> None of these guys know what’s about to hit them with Viasat 2 and Viasat 3. >> Other than the latency for gaming and voice, Viasat 2 can hit up to 1Gbps >> and it goes live in January. Viasat 3 will by up by 2019 or 2020 and >> several times faster than Viasat 2. >> >> Rory >> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza >> Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 10:47 AM >> To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Iridium 2.0? >> >> Sure...fill up the sky with more stuff, how the hell are my buddies supposed >> to navigate through safely? Lots of people still need to be probed >> >> Jaime Solorza >> >> On Jul 5, 2017 10:21 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> wrote: >> OneWeb Satellites Preps for Global Broadband Service >> >> OneWeb Satellites cranked up its assembly line last week in Toulouse, France >> to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first >> satellites set for launch in just over nine months. The move comes after the >> FCC granted the company authority to access the U.S. market using its >> proposed non-geostationary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. >> OneWeb says its satellites will enable carriers and ISPs to offer affordable >> broadband access in rural areas. >> >> OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between OneWeb communications and >> Airbus Defense and Space. The Toulouse factory will validate production >> methods for a larger factory near the Kennedy Space Center, FL. The company >> plans to initially launch 10 satellites, and grow the constellation to 900 >> satellites to offer high-speed internet with global coverage and bridge the >> digital divide by 2027. >> >
