Re:The 5.2 billion dollar mistake.
by tjmc on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @04:31AM
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> Iridium could have pivoted
Agreed. One thing missing from the article is that the Iridium satellites only offer a paltry 2.4Kbps for data communications. In 1997 and 98 the business world was still largely on dial-up. Internet access on the road was patchy and incredibly expensive. If they'd pivoted to global data coverage at even 28-56K, I think they would have had a far more significant take up.
Agreed. One thing missing from the article is that the Iridium satellites only offer a paltry 2.4Kbps for data communications. In 1997 and 98 the business world was still largely on dial-up. Internet access on the road was patchy and incredibly expensive. If they'd pivoted to global data coverage at even 28-56K, I think they would have had a far more significant take up.