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Leo & Meo sats are the solution »Satellite: The 'Rodney Dangerfield' Of Broadband ConnectivityBut satellite technology can't defeat physics to improve latency Read up on Leo & Meo sat systems here:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_···t_access
Latency is between 40 & 125 ms/ Much better than GEO sat systems(250 ms).
An example:
»www.thefreelibrary.com/United+St···21310957
ViaSat will supply gateway teleports and high speed IP trunking terminals to O3b Networks, including full-motion tracking antenna systems for the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, high-speed modems, monitor and control equipment, system development, and installation. Teleport installation is scheduled to be complete ahead of the planned launch of the O3b service in early 2012.
Each teleport will include three ViaSat 7.3-meter antennas and each IP trunking terminal will include two 4.5-meter tracking antennas together with high-speed modems and other baseband equipment. The O3b IP trunking terminal is designed for Internet backhaul by telecom carriers, operating at rates from 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps. ViaSat will develop a new 4.5-meter MEO antenna and a very high-speed DVB-S2 modem.
O3b stands for the "Other 3 billion", a reference to nearly half of the world's population that is not adequately served with broadband Internet access. Through partnerships with telecommunications providers and internet service providers (ISPs), O3b will be able to combine the speed of a fiber optic network with the global reach of a satellite system to serve billions.
Based on O3b's current spectrum allocation, the company has initial plans to launch 20 satellites by 2015 with long range capacity of over 90 satellites. The life span of each satellite is expected to be in excess of 10 years. MEO's along with local high speed wireless systems can provide fast speeds and reasonable latency to remote areas.
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| Yeah, I've been seeing various low orbit satellite and latency improvement projects for a decade. I'll have to believe it when I see it....What was that low orbit Bill Gates wonder satellite solution? Does anybody remember that? |
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| said by Karl Bode:Yeah, I've been seeing various low orbit satellite and latency improvement projects for a decade. I'll have to believe it when I see it....What was that low orbit Bill Gates wonder satellite solution? Does anybody remember that? Do I remember it? Yes. Can I point to it as being any thing more than live vaporware? Negative. |
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The name of the LEO project that Craig McCaw & Bill Gates worked on was "Teledesic" (started in the early 90's). I was hoping that that one would fly (pun intended). Now, Craig McCaw is one of the principles behind "Clear / Clearwire". |
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1 edit | That was it -- thanks. i couldn't remember. I even remember attending a presentation for it with fancy global diagrams of how Bill Gates' new satellite vision was going to rule the world... |
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BlimpNet? |
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