On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> Does anyone have an estimate how many users a satellite based ISP such
> as starband.com can support?
It would depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to:
- How much bandwidth each user wants
- Total radio spectrum available to said ISP
- How much data throughput they can cram into said spectrum
- Number of satellites they have
- How well they can focus their transceivers (at both ends)
- Bandwidth of return signal between the satellite and their ground station
I don't think there is an easy answer to this.
FWIW: In every case where I talked to an actual subscriber, I have not heard
good things about satellite Internet feeds. Latency is very high (you won't
want to play real-time games over it), and the connection very touchy.
Granted, I haven't investigated the options in a few years, but the latency
problem, at least, is not going to get any better.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Net Technologies, Inc. <http://www.ntisys.com>
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