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To: RMiethe who wrote (6119)5/11/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist  Read Replies (1) of 10852
 
"Satellite delivery is far faster "

Faster than what, the speed of light?

I believe the correct metric is something like data rate divided by capital cost, taking into account that the space segment will depreciate at a much higher rate than most of the ground infrastructure associated with fiber, coax, or ground repeaters, plus has a certain deployment risk not evident for ground based systems; the comparison between space and ground segments is complicated by the fact that the cost of ground based systems will vary widely with locality, whereas sat-based systems will be nearly uniform, globally. Anyway, the ultimate question, how big is the market wherein satellite systems will have a distinct advantage, has not been well answered, IMHO.
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