In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:58:39 +0000
tony sayer wrote:


BB yes, but you need a phone line to get the return path on, sat phone
is around, but not for domestic usage....

Im told the sky solution needs no phone backchannel (no idea how accurate that
info is)


I very, very, much doubt that you'll be transmitting toward the sky sat
unless you're paying very serious money.....

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Tony Sayer

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:33:57 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Im told the sky solution needs no phone backchannel (no idea how
accurate that info is)


I very, very, much doubt that you'll be transmitting toward the sky
sat unless you're paying very serious money.....

the numbers I was told were 600ukp installation and 50ukp / mo for
pretty conservative bandwidth.

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:33:57 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Im told the sky solution needs no phone backchannel (no idea how
accurate that info is)


I very, very, much doubt that you'll be transmitting toward the sky
sat unless you're paying very serious money.....

the numbers I was told were 600ukp installation and 50ukp / mo for
pretty conservative bandwidth.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with
ketchup.

Ian Molton wrote:

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:55:15 +0000
Julian Fowler wrote:

and there's considerable latency on d/l

no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :

faux-pasingly yours,
N.

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Ian Molton wrote:

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:55:15 +0000
Julian Fowler wrote:

and there's considerable latency on d/l

no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :

faux-pasingly yours,
N.

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Nick J. wrote:


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a
decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)


Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :


Not quite.

The moon orbits the earth once a month.
A geostationary satellite orbits once a day
so it has to be much closer.

Nick J. wrote:


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a
decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)


Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :


Not quite.

The moon orbits the earth once a month.
A geostationary satellite orbits once a day
so it has to be much closer.

Old Fart at Play wrote:

Nick J. wrote:


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a
decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :

Not quite.

The moon orbits the earth once a month.
A geostationary satellite orbits once a day
so it has to be much closer.

I wish I could blame alcohol, drugs, or tiredness for that.

But I cannot.

Happy New Year.

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Old Fart at Play wrote:

Nick J. wrote:


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a
decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

Perhaps I've missed a giggle here, but surely the satellite has to be
the same distance away from earth as the moon? :

Not quite.

The moon orbits the earth once a month.
A geostationary satellite orbits once a day
so it has to be much closer.

I wish I could blame alcohol, drugs, or tiredness for that.

But I cannot.

Happy New Year.

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Now Playing: 09 - Iggy Pop - The Passenger [205kbps 44kHz]

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:58:39 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

In article , pmailkeey mike@pmail
keey.freeserve.co.yuk writes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:01:34 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

As to Satellite and Sky this service has all the radio you'll be likely
to need and in the case of BBC services they are at higher rates over
the DAB services. Some Sky receivers have digi optical outs to which an
external DAC can work some magic on.


Can one get Broadband or a telephone service via satellite ?

BB yes, but you need a phone line to get the return path on

?????? !!!!!!!!
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Comm again, Mike.