[56158] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cidera shuts down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Thu Feb 27 02:07:35 2003
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:06:08 +0200
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>, Jeffrey Wheat <jeff@cetlink.net>
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@att.net.il>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302261749290.3687-100000@sasami.anime.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 05:58 PM 26-02-03 -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Jeffrey Wheat wrote:
> > I am now in need of obtaining a new source for news that is satellite
> based. Can anyone offer any suggestions
> > and or recommendations? All information is appreciated!
>
>satellite usenet does not appear to be very profitable...
Tis a shame. Satellite data broadcast of common content is an economical
way to share common data. AS378 was getting 20Mb/sec of prefetched web
content and Usenet news for all of $800/month before Cidera/Skycache shut
down its service in Europe a year ago.
-Hank
>http://www.cidera.com/services/usenet_news/ - discontinued
>http://www.planetc.com/satellite/ - discontinued
>http://www.isp-sat.com/ - discontinued?
>
>I could only find one company still advertising satellite newsfeed service:
>http://www.skyserv.com/
>
>-Dan
>--
>[-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]
