26 Feb
2007
26 Feb
'07
6:43 p.m.
On 26/02/07 21:40 +0530, Rony wrote:
jtd wrote:
Amateur radio enthusiasts did send up their satellite. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php Even at these astronomical costs the dn bw is 9600 bps. Completely unsuitable for downloading isos.
But aren't the internet satts. as well as voip satts. giving high bandwidths in Mbps? And we would only need one way download broadcast,
Uh? No. IP traffic is two way. Even consumer grade broadband over satellite requires you to have one end on dialup, and some software to do a bunch of NAT/routing.
Devdas Bhagat