On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 03:41:55PM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:09:26PM -0800, Mark Wolfe wrote: > > > > > ><sigh> so much for a laptop on my 15-ft West Wight Potter :'-( > > > >Still, it's always fun to get the hot poop from someone who _knows_. > > > >Back to Plan B ... an 8,000 mile reel of cat 5. > > > > Did you read my follow-up post to Mark's? You don't need a dish. You > don't have to "lock" onto the satellite. You don't need a sophisticated > system to move a dish around. You only need a transmitter of sufficient > power and a receiver of sufficient sensitivity. > > The only problem is there is not yet enough of a market for broadband to > bring prices down significantly. By this I mean our dual network > cellular and satellite modems cost somewhere around $600-$800 (not my > department, so I can't give an exact price). I understand broadband > Iridium is high as well. This doesn't include the monthly connection fee. > > I'm hoping new products next year will solve this problem. One of our > goals is to bring the prices down - lower prices means a wider market > which translates to more products sold. >
Yes, I did read your answer. And I was (as usual) a little tongue in cheek. It'll be decades before I can do any serious cruising (can you say "young children"?). By the time I do, HW and satellite connections may be run of the mill/commodity products ... or the internet will be illegal and we'll all be in Guantanamo, whichever comes first. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
