[107836] in Cypherpunks
Re: Will Iridium Become SatCom Of Choice?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Mynott)
Mon Jan 25 05:29:46 1999
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:19:00 +0000
From: Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v04003a05b2d165ec1a4c@[24.1.50.17]>; from Steve Schear on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 04:08:48PM -0800
Reply-To: Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 04:08:48PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote:
> [Although Iridium can enable many military operations it also opens up the
> opportunity (via a hack or break-in) for adversaries to clandestinely close
> track and monitor one another's operations]
Recent reports in UK papers suggest Iridium isn't doing well in the
commercial sphere and the sound quality is said to be poor.
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1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk http://www.pineal.com/
love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. -- h. l. mencken
