From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 13:55:36 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Edited Edupage, 18 Aug 1996
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	Speaking of Net-in-Orbit (while distributed datahavens have their
points, sometimes you'd prefer not to have a given chunk of data on your
hard drive - even encrypted with a passphrase), what's the physical setup
for rewriteable optical drives? Are there any methods of doing those that
will work OK in orbit?

>ECHOSTAR TO DELIVER DATA, TOO
>EchoStar Communications has successfully completed a public test of the
>technology it will use in cooperation with Intel Corp. and Comstream to
>deliver data via satellite to subscribers.  Transmission rates could be
>several megabits per second, says EchoStar's director of program management,
>who adds that the opportunity to download Web content at higher speeds is
>attractive to people hampered by slow phone lines.  "If the download could
>be made quickly and it could be stashed on their hard drive, that might be
>something they'd be interested in," he says.  In the recent test,
>subscribers who use EchoStar's system to receive video and audio content
>were given cards to install in their PCs, enabling them to receive data as
>well.  (Broadcasting & Cable 12 Aug 96 p86)

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