| satellites cost too much satellites work well as transmit only devies (as in satellite tv). once they are converted for two-way communications, you begin to see the limits of the technology. the other problem is where murdoch is right, the "wired" technology is developing at warp speed, while satellite technology is stuck in its infancy. with the dissolving of the space program, high orbit satellites are becoming dinosaurs and low orbit satellites have very high upfront costs associated with building and launch. satellites will always have a place in telecom as a backup/supporting role, but as for being a mainstream two-way communications, that simply will not happen for a long, long time, if ever. |
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1 edit | Yeah but Satellites are so much easier to deploy. Just launch a few and your done for the country. With cable or wireline competitors you spend YEARS and BILLIONS in wiring up fiber optic lines across the country, while people wait what seems like an eternity.
Here's to Comcast's 33 HD channels and stuck with it's inferior 750 MHz bandwidth that they refuse to upgrade.
I would of had DirecTV long ago, but with no clear line of sight I can't get it. If they could innovate and make the antenna/receiver like XM or Sirius and all you have to do is make your antenna outside, they would have millions more sign up. Even those in apartments who could just dangle a little silver dollar antenna outside a window. Until then F- You DirectTV, and F-You Verizon for not even thinking of wiring up Berks County PA. Comcast is my only choice. They may move at a snails pace, but it's better than nothing at all. |
