[63266] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alternative Satellite news feed needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Thu Oct 2 14:50:03 2003
From: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@multicasttech.com>
To: Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:49:24 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20030930222243.GA20537@xmission.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:22:43 -0600
Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com> wrote:
>
> My cursory investigations reveal there is no apparent alternative to Cidera
> in
> the US right now. I'd be interested in talking to anyone who knows the
> technology behind uplinking a newsfeed in order to replace Cidera's news
> service. I'd guess there is a whole lot of infrastructure on the client end
> collecting dust as of today.
I have found a possible source of satellite bandwidth for this, assuming a
critical mass of users could be accumulated to pay for it. Interested parties
should send me an email off list please.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
