[9775] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: connectivity outside the US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chad Skidmore)
Sun Jun 1 12:51:13 1997
From: Chad Skidmore <cskidmore@dsource.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 09:45:32 -0700
Well . . . most people may not think satellites stand a chance but Bill
Gates and Craig McCaw seem to think they do. Teledesic is planning
build a long-haul communications network based on low earth orbit birds.
In the past neither of these guys have been too stupid so I wouldn't
rule out satellite communications just yet.
Just my .02 worth,
Chad
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Chad Skidmore
VP Operations & Engineering
Data Source, L.L.C.
http://www.dsource.com
cskidmore@dsource.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Graham Lewis [SMTP:lists@reflections.eng.mindspring.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 1997 1:07 AM
> To: Circuit
> Cc: North American Network Operator Goobers
> Subject: Re: connectivity outside the US
>
> On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Circuit wrote:
>
> > comments, rants, flames?
>
> Do satellites really stand a chance against fibre? Most people think
> not,
> and more specifically that their competitiveness shall continue to
> decline
> as time progresses. Not exactly the kind of thing one wants to lay
> out
> large capital expenditures on...
>
> Of course, I'm just a tool of conventional wisdom, as poorly conveyed
> by
> the media, when it comes to these issues. Sean, if you're still a
> jobless
> bum then you should consider starting your own newsletter. 8^)
>
> --
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