Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Rob Kimberley
rement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. You illustrate some good points... What about places where GPS doesn't work so great for some people? Then they might be willing to pay a subscription for a service that does benefit them better. Also, like you

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Jason Rabel
You illustrate some good points... What about places where GPS doesn't work so great for some people? Then they might be willing to pay a subscription for a service that does benefit them better. Also, like you mentioned, if they come out with a 'lifetime' subscription, then maybe some people will

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Lane
Got Qwoob? *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 15-Jan-07 at 17:17 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jason Rabel" >writes: > >>XM & Sirrius radio relied on a subscriber model, that nobody thought would >>work since local FM stations were free to listen to. I know

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jason Rabel" writes: >XM & Sirrius radio relied on a subscriber model, that nobody thought would >work since local FM stations were free to listen to. I know this isn't an >apples-to-apples comparison, but people thought that those satellite >subscription services

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Jason Rabel
XM & Sirrius radio relied on a subscriber model, that nobody thought would work since local FM stations were free to listen to. I know this isn't an apples-to-apples comparison, but people thought that those satellite subscription services would bomb too. Also, if Galileo was under NATO or some "j

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:53:28 + Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Poul-Henning, > The most recent, semi-reliably information with actual details

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson wri tes: The most recent, semi-reliably information with actual details I have been able to find is here: http://www.helios-tech.co.uk/ERNP/documents.htm In particular the presentations are interesting. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:19:55 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Björn, > On Mon, January 15, 2007 15:59, Magnus Danielson said: > > >> >I have heard that the propos

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread bg
On Mon, January 15, 2007 15:59, Magnus Danielson said: >> >I have heard that the proposed fee was 1 EUR, but I don't know the >> current >> >idea about it. >> >> The 1EUR per receiver fee is not decided and if it was, it would be >> pointless, because there is no way to enforce and it would never

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson wr ites: >> The 1EUR per receiver fee is not decided and if it was, it would be >> pointless, because there is no way to enforce and it would never >> amount to enough money to matter anyway. > >I agree it would be rather pointless, but at least for

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:46:21 + Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Poul-Henning, > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson wri > tes:

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson wri tes: >I have heard that the proposed fee was 1 EUR, but I don't know the current >idea about it. The 1EUR per receiver fee is not decided and if it was, it would be pointless, because there is no way to enforce and it would never amount to enou

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bg@ lysator.liu.se writes: >On Mon, January 15, 2007 11:41, Poul-Henning Kamp said: >Many surveyors use GPS and GLONASS L1+L2 now. Are there there even ONE >major manufacturer of dual freq receivers that have not announced support >for the upcoming Galileo signals.

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bg@ lysator.liu.se writes: >Why do you think Galileo will not be free for the user of the open service? It will, if the satellites ever got up there. But the subscription service is what is expected to actually pay for Galileo, and that business model strongly hin

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:59:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Today GNSS is woven very deep into national infrastructure - CDMA radio > systems, power generation, network time

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread bg
On Mon, January 15, 2007 11:41, Poul-Henning Kamp said: > Surveyors can't be forced to buy this service, they're perfectly happy > with GPS L1 + L2 and galileos enhanced services don't give them anything > they will pay for. Many surveyors use GPS and GLONASS L1+L2 now. Are there there even ONE m

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread bg
Henning Kamp > Sent: 14 January 2007 22:38 > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. > > > ... but that probably only amounts to a PR effort, since the funding og > Galileo is still not found. > > http://www.esa.int

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , "Rob Kimberley" writes: >I'm still not convinced about the long term viability of Galileo especially >against the "free" GPS. I'm convinced that there is no short or long term viability for the proposed economical model. The only users who can be forced to subscribe to the "enhanced

Re: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-15 Thread Rob Kimberley
Subject: [time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now. ... but that probably only amounts to a PR effort, since the funding og Galileo is still not found. http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUGJRMTWE_index_0.html -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

2007-01-14 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
... but that probably only amounts to a PR effort, since the funding og Galileo is still not found. http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUGJRMTWE_index_0.html -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3