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To: Chip McVickar who wrote (19852)	3/31/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: Kona	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

Chip, it is becoming apparent that capacity is not expanding at the same rate of demand for net bandwidth. So one of these days we're going to have a real problem on the net. As an aside the peak of the 11 year sunspot cycle is at the end of this year, which might wreak havoc with data communications. Remember what happened when we lost that one satellite last year ? Y2K and the Sunspots, great name for a band! I nominate OJ as the lead singer, Don Sew on guitar and anyone on the Kahuna thread to bang the drums.

To: Chip McVickar who wrote (19852)	3/31/1999 2:27:00 PM
From: doug-e-mini	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

The only weather related problem I have is snow accumulation on the dishes. It is only an issue when the snow is the wet, heavy kind that sticks. I just brush them off with one of those little snow brushes like you keep in the car. I have been told that during certain sunspot events, you can loose the signal for a bit but that doesn't seem to happen to me. Taking the time to align the dishes perfectly is the key to a strong reliable signal. Yes, the speed and reliability is extremely good, with the exception of the time when that "beeper satellite" crapped the bed a while back. DTN was using that satellite so they were out for a few days until they switched to a different satellite. The key to going the satellite route is you need to have a clear view of the southern sky, about 210 on the compass.