Marina Schwarz + 1,576 March 1, 2018 "Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Greg Wyler’s OneWeb, Boeing, and Canada’s Telesat are among the companies that have asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to offer broadband service using satellites. SpaceX’s plan calls for 4,425 satellites but it has also applied for another 7,518. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has given his backing to the proposal, making it likely to win the agency’s clearance to provide broadband via low-earth orbit." Apparently, this is fraught with problems and companies trying it are going bankrupt. Interesting to see if Musk succeeds where no one has. Again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad Kovalenko + 115 VK March 1, 2018 Why not? He got everything he needs for this, a good plan, money, determination and brilliant mind. As you already said he has done it many times before even when almost everyone was skeptical about it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTom + 183 March 1, 2018 Hmm, I doubt this could be cheaper than optic cables, but it sounds pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodent + 1,424 March 2, 2018 As I sit here and wait for my pages to load like I used to when the world was tethered to dial-up, I'm going to try not to be bitter. for you millennials, it sounded like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodent + 1,424 March 2, 2018 And this was a real thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marina Schwarz + 1,576 March 2, 2018 Ah, the bad old times! What I wonder is won't there be too many satellites with these low-orbit ones? There are currently less than 5,000. Don't know much about satellites, though. Could be alright. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites