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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by intrasight on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:31AM (#13217934)
But I want internet at my cabin in the woods - and I'm sure that I am not alone. Lots of things have improved since Iridium, but I agree that that is a warning to heed - you have to know the shape of that demand curve.
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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by syedkarim on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:57AM (#13218023)
The entire world (even the most remote places) already has internet access (VSAT, BGAN, etc). OneWeb is just supposed to make rural satellite internet faster and cheaper.
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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by dx034 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @11:46AM (#13221466)
Current internet via satellite is barely usable due to the extremely high latency. It's better than nothing but many services are de facto not usable. I've just been to Scotland and many places there have to rely on satellite internet, I'm sure the vast majority of them would be happy to switch to lower latency connections (and could pay well for it).
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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by candiodari on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:59AM (#13219777)
Just think about the great future. Almost all horror movies from now on will include livestreaming in the story.
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