1994-02-08 - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania

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From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU
Message Hash: ed721d2b2ffed92d3057009640a29db7600af7c466340d5084da7f707cdf7ad3
Message ID: <199402080314.TAA24549@servo.qualcomm.com>
Reply To: <9402080248.AA14992@vangogh.VIS.ColoState.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1994-02-08 03:16:32 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:16:32 PST

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From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:16:32 PST
To: nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU
Subject: Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania
In-Reply-To: <9402080248.AA14992@vangogh.VIS.ColoState.EDU>
Message-ID: <199402080314.TAA24549@servo.qualcomm.com>
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>Well, a satellite dish can transfer around 100MB (megaBytes, not bits)
>per second.  I'm not too sure how much this kind of link costs, but I
>would also assume that the Oceania people aren't going to go without a 
>network conection to start.

Depends entirely on what it's pointing at. The actual throughput for
a single transponder on a conventional Ku-band DOMSAT is more like 45
megabits/sec.

Because of fiber, satellites are fast falling out of favor for high
capacity point-to-point links. They're now used mainly for "thin
route" traffic, especially to remote or mobile locations, and for
broadcasting.

Phil

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  • 1994-02-08 (Mon, 7 Feb 94 17:50:40 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
    • 1994-02-08 (Mon, 7 Feb 94 18:56:32 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU (CVL staff member Nate Sammons)
      • 1994-02-08 (Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:16:32 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
      • 1994-02-08 (Mon, 7 Feb 94 21:56:33 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - Oliver Seiler <oseiler@unixg.ubc.ca>
      • 1994-02-08 (Tue, 8 Feb 94 06:30:47 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
    • 1994-02-08 (Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:06:32 PST) - Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania - Chris Knight <cknight@crl.com>