What kind of latency are we talking? Very interesting stuff. On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <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 >> >> >> >
