Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: put2rich who wrote (5069)	4/21/2000 9:05:00 AM
From: lindend	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

I doubt that they can be competitive in providing internet service This is not a zero sum game. DSL, cable and satellite will all grab a nice chunk of the broadband market. Don't bet (long term) against this technology. skyreport.com - - - Report Gauges Broadband Satellite Potential - - - California-based researchers Frost and Sullivan, in a report detailing satellite-based Internet and broadband services, predicts space-based, high-speed offerings will reach revenues of $601 million in 2001. The firm also said satellite/broadband systems will climb to $8.5 billion in revenues by the close of 2006, for a compound annual growth rate of 69.7 percent between 1999 and 2006. Frost and Sullivan estimated that Internet-specific satellite transponder lease revenues totaled $198.6 million in 1999. "The market for Internet services via satellite was in its very early stages at the end of 1999, but it was growing steadily, with major international players such as Intelsat and PanAmSat recording triple-digit growth rates for two years in a row," Frost and Sullivan said in a summary of the report. "New momentum is also expected to result in part from the take-off of direct-to-consumer small-dish Internet services after 2000." The launch of next-generation Ka-Band systems in 2002 is expected to usher in "a golden age" for the satellite industry, Frost and Sullivan said. The systems could enhance broadcasting with data and multimedia services, deliver Internet content and offer business communications with high-power spot beams that provide two-way communications.