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To: Valueman who wrote (3296)	5/21/1998 5:21:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (2) of 10852

"Who said something about low capacity?" It was Doug. :) cyberstar.com : "CyberStar provides a wide variety of affordable applications and content, using satellites to deliver information at up to 27Mbps to multiple locations simultaneously." verses: teledesic.com "The Teledesic Network is designed to support millions of simultaneous users. Most users will have two-way connections that provide up to 64 Mbps on the downlink and up to 2 Mbps on the uplink. Broadband terminals will offer 64 Mbps of two-way capacity." and from cyberstar.com : "Geostationary systems are well suited for the delivery of *broadcast and a large variety of asymmetric* services.** Low-earth-orbit systems, due to their inherent very low propagation time, are very efficient for the delivery of highly interactive services. " Capacity calculations: Teledesic 500Mbps * 288 = 144,000 Mbps Skybridge 864Mbps * 64 = 55,296 Mbps (only 27,648 in 2001, though) Dragonfly, who's had it arguing capacity with people who don't back up their numbers.

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