To be used for broadband that rivals fibre connections....
I would say their already fighting a bandwidth and latency war they've already lost but this will be great for isolated regions! 50ms is high for a some fixed like connection out onto a server in the same country (maybe even continent) in my opinion. Also at 12Gbps for a satellite thats a bit limited, even with 700 of them.
A normal telephone exchange (Services roughly the area of a large town) in the UK would have a backhaul of 10/20Gbps, probably more with fibre demand increasing. combine that with core networks that have 200 - 400 Gbps rings and the satellite network is looking a little bandwidth choked.
http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/06/onewebs-constellation-of-700-low-altitude-satellites-will-be-built-by-airbus/
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
US lifts restrictions on more detailed satellite images
Sites like Google and Bing Maps will be able to use higher-quality satellite images, thanks to US government restrictions being lifted.
Companies had not been allowed to make use of images where features smaller than 50cm were visible.
But one imaging firm, Digital Globe, said it would be able to sell images that showed features as small as 31cm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27868703
Friday, 18 October 2013
Europe Claims 100% Basic Broadband Target Won via Satellite
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Alphasat: to start in-orbit tests
Good news for the UK and some Satellite broadband suppliers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23570959
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23570959
Friday, 1 March 2013
Bing Maps updated with 13million sq km of new satellite imagery
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