[svlug] Starband PCI cards & Linux box

[Tom Geller]

Dan Martinez <dfm at area.com> writes:

>Communications satellites have to be in geosynchronous orbit

Nope. Globalstar has data service (currently at 9,600bps) using 
low-earth orbit, at only 900 miles away. That makes the delay 
approximately 17ms, as opposed to 478ms for a geosyncronous 
satellite. Not bad.

Full disclosure: Qualcomm's Globalstar division is one of my P.R. 
clients <http://www.bandwidthpr.com/clients.shtml>.
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          Tom Geller  *  San Francisco * tgeller.com
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