There are so many things that can go wrong with this idea, it’s nuts. First off, connecting to a plane flying at 40,000 feet at 600mph it a nightmare in itself, especially in terms of timing and Doppler issues. Now go into the concept of path loss, no directional antennas or all sorts of expensive beam-forming solutions which still won’t have the gain or directionality of most cheap parabolic antennas and technically the throughput is going to be pitiful. Now throw in weather, maintenance issues causing delays, and I’m thinking that someone in the technical department just pulled a massive wool rug over business management and investors. Either the guys working for Vivent or Lightbeam found another place to sell unprofitable technical ideas or there are a whole new bunch of engineers that never worked in the real world pushing this one.
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 5:39 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] http://airbornewirelessnetwork.com/#advantages So on 9/11 there would have been no Internet? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 6:32 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] http://airbornewirelessnetwork.com/#advantages The idea looks to use already regularly scheduled commercial aircraft and mesh the backhaul between aircraft in the air. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote: The question is how many subscribers does it take to keep one of their aircraft orbiting, and how large of an area does that cover. It's tough to make a business case for this unless both of those numbers are pretty large. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 12/26/2016 2:25 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: Of all the business plan models I�ve run, I don�t think budgeting in the cost of flying airplanes was going to make them profitable.� Do these guys really think this is a good idea?� When Viasat gets their next satellite running late next year, these guys are toast.� Maybe I�m missing something but do you see these guys having a chance? � Rory Conaway � Triad Wireless � CEO 4226 S. 37th Street � Phoenix � AZ 85040 602-426-0542<tel:(602)%20426-0542> r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net> www.triadwireless.net<http://www.triadwireless.net/> � �One thing you learned as a Cubs fan, when you bought a ticket, you could always bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.� � Joe Garagiola � -- David Kunat
