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To: DanD who wrote (7104)	2/29/2000 5:48:00 PM
From: straight life	Respond to of 13582

"Does 9600 kb sound a little low to anyone else besides me to be of much use. I might be able to see it for a PDA. but anything else it is not going to be usable solution for most modern apps." But Globalstar is for oil rigs and other out of the way places; maybe those people would be happy for any connection?

To: DanD who wrote (7104)	2/29/2000 7:54:00 PM
From: arun gera	Respond to of 13582

Dan: 9600 is more than good enough for telemetry. Say there is a parameter that needs regular monitoring in a remote location, for example, a device that measures the flow rate in a stream and beams the data to a central office where a computer model estimates the likelihood of a flood. (This is a real application that currently uses VSATs). Sending a person to measure the reading or installing a land line connection could be expensive. Another application could be in weather balloons which are used to monitor atmospheric conditions. >>Does 9600 kb sound a little low to anyone else besides me to be of much use. I might be able to see it for a PDA. but anything else it is not going to be usable solution for most modern apps. Dan D>>