Re: [WISPA] SpaceX founder files with government to provide Internet service from space

[Jack Unger]

Oh my goodness gracious. Please forgive me Mr. Grand Avenue. So here's an article from May 4, 2017 <http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/spacex-internet-satellites-elon-musk.html> And then there's Apple. Here's an article from April 21, 2017. <https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/21/15386854/apple-satellite-internet-boeing-alphabet-google-hires> Several other companies are in the race too but, you know; you're probably right. There's nothing to see here. Move along... On 5/17/2017 5:58 PM, Grand Avenue Broadband wrote: Dude!  2015? On May 17, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Jack Unger <jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: "Elon Musk’s space company has asked the federal government for permission to begin testing on an ambitious project to beam Internet service from space, a significant step forward for an initiative that could create another major competitor to Comcast, AT&T and other telecom companies. The plan calls for launching a constellation of 4,000 small and cheap satellites that would beam high-speed Internet signals to all parts of the globe, including its most remote regions. Musk has said the effort “would be like rebuilding the Internet in space.” <https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/spacex-founder-files-with-government-to-provide-internet-service-from-space/2015/06/09/db8d8d02-0eb7-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html?utm_term=.ebbdac899e9b> -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless --    Grand Avenue Broadband -- Wireless Internet Service      Circle City to Wickenburg and surrounding areas                           http://grandavebb.com _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com

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