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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
12/14/2017 3:00:23 PM
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A lot more applications than just TV
Satellite high-bandwidth communications -- not just video signal but the whole internet -- has long been choked by three problems:

1) High latency to big geosynchronous stations (even at lightspeed, the 72,000 km round trip is a perceptible almost-quarter-of-a-second lag in the signal).

2) Orbital real estate; geosynchronous orbit is big but it's one band over the equator and a satellite needs a minimum angle subtended. Besides, it's too far to go for repairs and too expensive for easy replacement, and dead hardware tends to accumulate there.

3) Signal strength for the last mile to the actual consumer phone, screen, or computer.

In the last decade we've built new and better tools to be able to work from LEO so that geosynchronous is unnecessary;  1 and 2 are going away. But the problem of the last mile persisted.  This potentially fixes that completely.

Especially with the recent ruling on net neutrality, this puts a lot more possible players into the game. Telcos should be very nervous about how many competitors could come in much more cheaply.

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afwriter
afwriter
12/14/2017 11:09:41 AM
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Re: $25?!
@Adi I don't know if this is considered playing devil's advocate or not, but imagine Dad being able to watch the big game on a big screen while the kids watch Disney on other devices. This would be a huge win for sports bars across America. I have a feeling it would cost a little more here though. 

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Adi
Adi
12/13/2017 3:57:29 AM
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Re: $25?!
afwriter - It's an interesting idea. I wonder how much it is dependent on the culture of social viewing, particularly of major sporting events. The idea of going to a bar to watch a game as a group is fairly well settled in American culture so the big screen is important there. On a day to day basis though, I suspect just watching what you want on your phone could be a very attractive option - specially if it's at satellite quality with no pixelation or buffering.

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batye
batye
12/13/2017 1:28:15 AM
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Re: $25?!
@afwriter yes you are right, I think they would probably love the the option to watch it on they phone as it would be easy for them... 

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batye
batye
12/13/2017 1:26:37 AM
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@clrmoney I see your point and this days everything becomes digital  and easy way it get more and more adopted everywhere... so it only mater of time before everything and everywhere the way I see it... 

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afwriter
afwriter
12/12/2017 1:13:34 PM
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$25?!
Do you know how much it costs a restaurant to carry a cable package in the United States? And to stream a pay-per-view fight is another couple thousand dollars on top of it. I think what they are doing here is amazing, but I wonder if something like this could ever work in the United States. If given the choice I think most people would enjoy watching whatever they want at their table versus the two or three channels that are on the TVs around the restaurant. 

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clrmoney
clrmoney
12/11/2017 10:45:25 AM
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SmartBEAM
I know that there are new things that are coming out for new things to make it easier for us. Bust as time goes on and things become more easier and advance for this TV things becaasue we already have the digital now its a new one that's out. So I hope that this continue to be successful for business and to of use and service for customers.

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