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To: Vendit™ who wrote (24894)	7/5/1999 11:31:00 AM
From: Jim Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

John - Satellite connection to the internet would be a big plus up here. I'm using AOL from my summer house in Maine. The nearest login numbers are 50 miles away, so I pay 15 cents per minute for my connect time. Overall result: $300 per month gets me about one hour per day of connect time, at 25000 bits per second. Jim

To: Vendit™ who wrote (24894)	7/5/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: John Walliker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Vendit, The last known means of high speed Internet access is satellite... What I don't understand is how satellite can provide high bandwidth to very large numbers of users. Unless a very large satellite with many, many independent footprints is used there will surely not be enough bandwidth to go around. Even then, wouldn't the uplink bandwidth to the satellite be a problem? Also, if a conventional modem is needed for uploading data where is the cost saving for interactive use? My experience with 64kbit/s connection is that slow sites and network congestion are the main problems, not connection speed at my end. A really good use for a satellite connection would be a continuous feed from, for example, quote.com, where many users want the same data simultaneously. John