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To: Probart who wrote (8873)	10/13/2000 9:24:40 PM
From: Sector Investor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

<<``High-speed Internet access simply does not work with satellite,'' >> <<Furthermore, data from the user's computer is sent over a normal dial-up modem.>> <<The two-year-old company, run by a former head of Walt Disney Television, uses the Astra satellite to beam Internet content to 15,000 customers across Europe.>> That's pretty astounding, considering KVH has tested out the concept in Europe with the same satellite system, and said the technology "works perfectly". Their technology uses two different satellites for two way communication, so it does not need a land based station for the return signal. If fact they are beginning to install the technology in boats and RVs all over Europe. "In fact, one commercial customer reports that two-way Internet through the new Astra Europe Online system "works perfectly" and showed "excellent performance" with the TracVision G4, successfully downloading 10MB files in 3.2 minutes." Message 12843047 Of course KVH holds the patent for this technology, which may have just a bit to do with their success and the lack of success by Europe Online. US5835057: Mobile satellite communication system including a dual-frequency, low-profile, self-steering antenna assembly Here is the abstract <<A mobile satellite communication system includes an antenna assembly mountable on a vehicle and a satellite tracking assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna device for receiving first satellite signals from a first satellite in a first frequency band and for transmitting and receiving second satellite signals to and from a second satellite in a second frequency band, and a drive subassembly for rotating the antenna device relative to the vehicle in response to a control signal. The satellite tracking assembly maintains the antenna device pointed at the first and second satellites as the vehicle moves. The system further includes a receiver coupled to the antenna device for receiving the first satellite signals and a transceiver coupled to the antenna device for transmitting and receiving the second satellite signals. The first satellite signals may be video and imagery data signals transmitted in the Ku band by a direct broadcast satellite. The second satellite signals may be two-way digital communication signals transmitted and received in the L band by an AMSC satellite. >>