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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (9547)	12/8/2000 6:25:12 AM
From: justone	Respond to of 12823

Bernard: A two-way broadband satellite solution which works fine over the DBS channel: viasat.com Note however that this solution appears targeted at business markets. Thanks for the link. I think that broadband wireless- satellite, LMDS, laser, or microwave will always have a place in business markets; it will compete in places where you can't run fiber due to cost and need more than HDSL/T1 bandwidth. My question is can you use satellite for the home- at the moment there are lots of proposals, but it is uncertain if it can compete with cable or even DSL. Now there is a 17% satellite market share for TV, so if they can get it to be competitive, they are in business. However, from a recent post by Mike (http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=14955609) , it seems they can't, so they want to take bandwidth from HFC and DSL, I guess. My concern is what do rural residents do for broadband. It suppose they will have to pay a lot for satellites.