The greatest thing currently happening in satellite telecommunications is not more geostationary ka-band capacity, but the market pricing in wholesale that has happened due to o3b. For locations anywhere below 45 degrees latitude o3b provides end to end trunking at a lot less latency, and lower prices then geostationary systems. Viasat and other owners of geostationary capacity have been required to drop the monthly recurring prices for wholesale transponder capacity.
The big difference being that an o3b terminal is too expensive by far for an end user, it would be typically used by a medium to large sized Wireless ISP using point-to-multipoint technology for the individual customers. For example a WISP on a pacific island nation state that has no submarine fiber access. On Feb 21, 2016 9:13 PM, "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.fastcompany.com/3056618/fast-feed/these-terabit-satellites-will-bring-internet-to-the-remotest-places-on-earth > > > > *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •** CEO* > > *4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040* > > *602-426-0542* > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/>* > > > > “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of > comfort or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge or > controversy” – Martin Luther King > > >
