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To: Jay Lowe who wrote (280)	11/8/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) of 1782

Sure would be interesting if ViaSat offered a Neighborhood Area Networking (NAN) program ... a dish and fixed wireless station + POP marketing support. What a growth plan! That's a great idea. How would you then connect to the subscribers? Dial up? Cable? COuld you string coax to each home strictly for a bandwidth pipe to preserve the high speeds? Is there a wireless solution? I like the sound of this. There is a "nerd"(like me) in every neighborhood who could man the portal. There are companies like Softnet(SOFN) who have something like this, if my memory serves me. The business model only works, however, if you design the system , sat included, from scratch, to get the highest capacity. Only then can you charge a cable-modem-like monthly fee and have enough users to make it profitable. That is ViaSat's strong suit.

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