(Not operational but) Does this mean the UK has acquired that imaging satellite BIS was talking about a couple of years ago?
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:15 AM, John Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > Considering we are the *Satellite Applications* Catapult I should consider > this :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: uknof [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard > Halfpenny > Sent: 02 May 2014 10:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [uknof] Here is a Challenge > > On 02/05/2014 09:15, Andy Davidson wrote: >> Another note - It is likely to be significantly cheaper to try to >> avoid having to lay large capacity into London from Harwell, e.g. by >> serving content out of racks in region and populating/feeding the data >> cache on smaller links from your office for example. IOW, run the >> fatter pipes the shortest distance. > > Hi John, > > Is there a reason you couldn't stick a dish or two up on the roof of a > central London DC? We had a customer do something similar in Manchester > (IFL2 / Reynolds) a few years ago. Their method of ingest (a rack full of > digiboxes) was, ahem, interesting to say the least though ;) > > Rich. > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the > use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it > in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender. This email and any > attachments are believed to be free from viruses but the Satellite > Applications Catapult accepts no liability in connection therewith. Any views > or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Satellite Applications Catapult. >
