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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7163)	6/3/2000 1:56:00 PM
From: lml	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Mike: Thanks for posting the Gilat-to-Home piece. I was surprised when you didn't include this piece in your Thursday post (http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=13814512). I spent a small amount of time trying to locate what I had come across on Gilat such a week prior but couldn't. The article you post also provides additional information that was one of my first queries -- OK, great, but what's the bandwidth offered? So we see its gonna be comparable to what DirecPC offers, "up to 400K bps," which isn't too bad. But more importantly, the news the more bandwidth is available at a price, IMHO, is a very positive development as 400K bps is not going to "cut it" much longer as hi-quality streaming video becomes "a must" to many web enthusiasts. Thanks again.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7163)	6/3/2000 2:00:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

Mike, that was a very good roll-up in this space, which I've already bookmarked and will pass along to some journos who I know are doing research in this area. Let me reiterate, however, that Tachyon and some of the others you mentioned --I can only speak to Tachyon with a degree of confidence from my own knowledge base-- will not limit their services to a few residentials who are serious power users, and who can afford it. They will also be serving ISPs who will themselves distribute access links via wireless to their subscribers, and in this case particularly, Tachyon will be providing RURAL ISPs' with both their down and up link requirements directly to the 'net. On the other side of the up-downs these links access the 'net (in the case of Tachyon) through backbone and web service agreements with Concentric, if I'm not mistaken. These services will have the most profound beneficial impact in rural areas where ISPs will establish their own wireless hubs, using low powered spread spectrum radios (albeit, where they will make the most impact is also where they will need to be line of sight) in remote regions where fiber and the big gun xMDSes will not go. Think of it as a hybridized satellite/wireless hub topology , very similar to what was proposed in the Alphanet service (Telecrossing.net). In the case of Tachyon they will not only be targeting areas to skin cream like some of the others --well, I suppose that the quality that makes cream, cream, is in the eye of the beholder-- but they will target areas where they will be delivering services to end users capable of operating at Ethernet speeds (at the hub and link distribution levels to homes and between users of the same hub, in any event) in very deep boon dock spaces, as well. FWIW. FAC

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7163)	6/3/2000 2:56:00 PM
From: JayPC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Another small satellite BB provider onsat.net They currently have an agreement with a WOFDM provider for "end to end" wireless. Regards Jay

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7163)	10/2/2000 5:44:09 PM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

Re: Fixed Satellite Broadband Wireless: Gilat-To-Home for Real? Thread- Well this is an interesting last mile access technology development. Testing is actually being done on Gilat-to-Home(soon to be renamed, "Starband"). gilat2home.com I picked this up on the new FCTF thread. I recalled we had been discussing this topic upstream a few months back. Message #7163 above mentions other players in the same game. Seems like Microsoft is just about into every possible technology involving broadband access. I noticed in my linked article above they said pricing would be compatible with cable and DSL. A quick look at Starband's website and I didn't see the pricing structure. But it's a given it does have to be priced very near or at $40/month. I bet the trick will be to make money at that rate. -MikeM(From Florida)