Thanks for the update Jack! On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Jack Unger <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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> > <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> > <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 <[email protected]> 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> > <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 <http://ask-wi.com>, Inc. > Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" > Serving the WISP Community since 1993 > 760-678-5033 [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > [email protected]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 [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- -RickG
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