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Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Fri Oct 13 17:40:27 2006

To: a.harrowell@gmail.com
Cc: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@multicasttech.com>,
	owner-nanog@merit.edu, "Rodney Joffe" <rjoffe@centergate.com>,
	"NANOG" <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:39:24 -0400
In-Reply-To: <484726458-1160774419-cardhu_blackberry.rim.net-2040129324-@bxe020-cell00.bisx.produk.on.blackberry> (a.
 harrowell's message of "Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:19:31 +0000")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu



a.harrowell@gmail.com writes:

> Renesys Todd thinks Panasonic is buying the thing.

As I understand it, Panasonic's product is different, cheaper, and not
a turnkey service (they don't have their own satellite transponder
constellation).  It is aimed at nation-states, not the commercial
market.

                                        ---rob


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