If the satellite isn't in geo-synchronous orbit then how do you stay locked on to the signal? Do they have a constellation of satellites?
-Sean On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > O3B altitude is 8062km. At that distance, it takes light about 27ms to > travel. Multiply that by 4 (CPE -> Sat -> Gateway -> Sat -> CPE) and add a > couple ms for frame processing, and you’re at 110ms latency to the provider. > > > > Chris Wright > > Network Administrator > > Velociter Wireless > > 209-838-1221 x115 > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Joe > Novak > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Viasat-3 going up > > > > What kind of latency are we talking? Very interesting stuff. > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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 > > > > >
