[46287] in Cypherpunks
Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Holovacs)
Tue Jan 2 13:57:06 1996
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:24:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Holovacs <holovacs@styx.ios.com>
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601021341.HAA12007@dal1820.computek.net>
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin] wrote:
>
> Why isn't outer space realistic? We already have store-and-forward
> packet radio systems in AMSAT satellites - they usually hitch a ride up
> with a commercial satellite.
> - --
Commercial satallites have land based corporate owners. Remember the
success that Alabama had a few years ago pulling the plug on a New York
based softporn tv satellite distribution system. They simply went after the
assets of the satellite companies and got quick cooperation.
Jay Holovacs <holovacs@ios.com>
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