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To: Bid Buster who wrote (24715)	2/3/2003 1:16:08 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

not talking about changing the laws of physics. Talking about the practical application of the network. If a data download takes a quarter second longer because of delays caused by the satellite link, that isn't going to mean a whole lot to we humans, unless it is a realtime two-way communication. As far as machines needing acknowledgment in a certain timeframe, you can tweak buffers and spoof protocols to overcome the problems caused by the delay. That is my point.

To: Bid Buster who wrote (24715)	2/3/2003 1:23:25 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

This is precisely what Iridium and Globalstar did. And their birds are still up their. (I believe the Navy bought Iridium's birds for their own global communications needs.) Both Iridium and Globalstar are bankrupt. The flaw in the plan is that, while they can give global coverage- -you can call from anywhere- -everywhere there is a significant population concentration with enough wealth to afford long-distance communications, there is already cell service. And while there isn't cell service at extreme northern or southern latitudes, there is hardly anyone there. There are currently places like parts of Africa where there is population but insufficient wealth to support cell service. If they get richer, the cell boys can move in fairly inexpensively, cutting out satellite phones there too.