On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Frank O'Connor <francisoconn...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Personally, I think that satellite (with regular upgrades) or eventual laying > of pervasive fibre, was the answer to maintaining universal coverage in the > bush, rather than 4G towers dotted over the landscape ....
Satellite is like renting... a recurring expense, ie a SERVICE you pay for (control ground station, orbit adjustment, backup strategy in case of malfunction, etc). Whereas if you build a fixed-wireless tower... it's fixed infrastructure, like a bridge. It'll be there in 100 years with little maintenance cost compared to a satellite. Not to mention the 2nd-class internet service you get over satellite due to uplink/downlink delay... aka latency. More important nowadays with "web 2.0" AJAX "web apps" (GMail, Facebook and the like) than in the previous non-AJAX web. Satellite Internet faster than advertised, but latency still awful Satellite latency is 638ms, 20 times higher than terrestrial broadband. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/satellite-internet-faster-than-advertised-but-latency-still-awful/ Discussion http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1194391&sid=6bfd52f4ed7398a415152652ede36aac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
