>>somebody may put up some satellites next year that let phone companies connect long distance calls for a nickle a minute. <<
Mark, I appreciate your thoughts and respect your opinion. However, I couldn't let that statement go :-)
I know this was just an example you used, but being in the space business, let me tell you, ain't no way someone is going to put up satellites and charge a nickel a minute. Heck, Iridium is CLAIMING $3 per minute, and I think that is a buy-in price. They had to go to a rich Middle East deep pockets guy to spring for a lot of the front-end cost. Satellite technology is very expensice, and that is why thee will be a mix of media for the foreseeable future: satellite, cable, twisted pair, xDSL, fiber, microwave, you name it. The good thing is that DGIV is set up to use whatever, as long as you have a gateway at each end. |
