[74257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SkyCache/Cidera replacement?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jason@dixongroup.net)
Mon Sep 20 13:58:41 2004
In-Reply-To: <11746e990409200736d5af1da@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: jason@dixongroup.net
To: "Rick Chavez" <Rick.D.Chavez@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Does anyone know of one?
No.
> Hell, has anyone even considered starting one?
No, and I doubt anybody seriously has. As a former employee, I can vouch
that the transponder costs were prohibitive to any start-up. It's
possible that a large established provider might be able to absorb the
lease, I doubt it. If it was going to happen, it would've happened when
Cidera was available for pennies on the dollar (my assumption, not a known
fact).
As it stands, the uplink dishes are still sitting unused behind Bergmann's
cleaners in Laurel, MD. Damn shame.
-J.
