That's cool, but this type of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites seem to me more sutible for ubiquitous low bandwidth communication, e.g. satellite phones. I don't know how well it would scale - for example, I doubt that millions of people could simultaneously get their full megabit from a small LEO constellation. One alternative that looks intriguing to me is Facebook's Aquila drone, that flies at about 20km altitude - still low enough for microwave broadband communication, but high enough to avoid commercial air traffic.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > Space X just launched the first 10 (of 70) of Iridium NEXT low-earth > satellites. > > > > https://www.iridium.com/company/industryleadership/iridiumcertus > > > > It’s not high bandwidth (about a 1MB/sec), but should be lower latency > than HughesNet, Wildblue, etc. > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Nick Thompson < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 11:13 AM > *To: *'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] How we can make the COUNTRY great again > > > > No BroadBand at my farm in Central Massachusetts. Awaiting Gary’s > International Assistance. Remember a few years back when Venezuela was > supplying cut-rate oil to low income people in New England? > > > > Just Sayin’ > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gary > Schiltz > *Sent:* Saturday, January 28, 2017 10:43 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] How we can make the COUNTRY great again > > > > I have been working here in Ecuador to provide internet access to poorly > served areas, and it is a challenge, albiet not an insurmountable one. > Wireless technology from smallish companies like Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, and > Mimosa to name a few, is pretty inexpensive, even here where import duties > are high. The big challenge where I'm working is getting line-of-sight > between nodes, where there is a lot of dense forest cover over 20 meters > high. > > > > One thing that I found interesting in the article that Jochen linked to is > that the US FCC defines broadband as 25mbps down / 3mbps up. Maybe I'm just > used to it, but I find about 2up/1down plenty even for video streaming. > More is always better, of course :-) > > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Santa Fe, and New Mexico in general, is interesting in that regard. > > [...] > > But then there is a lot of the countryside that is left out of this. I > really like the idea of making the Country(side) important. In NM there > issues with the tribal lands which are poorly served, but it's getting > better. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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