Joseph,
I tried to hook my tv decoder to hotbird that hangs right above you and me to only learn that it hangs there parked with it's antenna's only pointing to Europe who they assume have the cash to spend on tv signal and bw coming from it. Little did i know then! Most sats are not pointing their antennas downwards but towards either Europe, usa or Asia or sa. Have a look at their sites so you see what footprint they have so you know what is covered by them. (intelsat, skyvision, eutelsat, pasX x x, ip planet etc.. Other problem is that bw needs dishes on the ground. For a connection you need at east 2 dishes that can see the same satellite for otherwise an extra costs gets there for the leg between 2 other satellites. For high volume a big dish is needed that is also expensive. Other part is the price part of the so called up link, then there is the price for the downlink and on top of that is the price for the connection isp where the bw is coming from. Take tv decoder equipment from one country to it's neighbor and it might work because it's in the same footprint. Only problem then is how do you make your payment in the country the equipment came from. Don't try dstv card from Sa in UG as it's not the same satellite. Between ug and ke or tz might work but is there then a price difference worth it? Only thing that works world wide for free with satellites is gps signal. Only the receiver costs cash. Rob please correct me if i'm still wrong. :) ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of joseph mpora Sent: Fri 9/21/2007 4:17 PM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] Bushnet under Receivership - OT Speaking of satellite technology, is it possible to get the connectivity from a company in another country if you have their end user equipment in Uganda? I believe many satellites are placed above the equator and several might cover Uganda as well. Just like we can get dstv from an SA based company. Anybody experienced with satellite technology care to enlighten us? Cheers, Joseph On 9/21/07, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 September 2007 13:58, Nnaggenda, Shem wrote: > > > So who can supply band width at low low prices and keep > > the price at the end user low low ? what incentives would > > they need ? Lets talk and then we forward to UIA. > > Sustained low bandwidth prices are a function of volume. > Volume is a function of technology + cost. > > Traditional satellite technology (which is what most of > Africa uses to reach the Internet) is far too pricey as it > is. Projections for the next several months show those > figures moving upwards. > > With regard to in-country bandwidth, "opening up the > streets" and letting folk (in a controlled manner) *create* > bandwidth will drive local loop costs down. That's half the > battle, right there. > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
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