http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12065466
QuoteEurope is about to get a second satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections.
The six-tonne Ka-Sat will be launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a flight expected to last nine hours and 12 minutes.
The Eutelsat-operated spacecraft will concentrate its services on customers in the so-called "not-spots" of Europe.
It is estimated that tens of millions of households in these areas cannot get a decent terrestrial connection.
Ka-Sat will provide homes with speeds generally up to 10Mbps.
Lift-off from Baikonur is timed for 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday). ............. (more)
We'll have to be careful about pronouncing its name. :whistle:
I've looked into satellite broadband as would be nice to get rid of BT but its very expensive.
And with poor latency I should imagine, Mitch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12065466
QuoteThe second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully.
The six-tonne Ka-Sat lifted off atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday).
The flight lasted nine hours and 12 minutes.
There is that too.
There is currently Eutelsat Tooway (http://www.tooway.com/) and Astra2Connect (http://www.ses-astra.com/business/en/solutions/enterprise/astra2connect/index.php)which you can get in Europe
Seems that not only did the PS3 have a bug (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/sony-dont-use-your-ps3-until-internal-clock-bug-fixed/) in it's calender. A Satellite went haywire in April too. 8 months later, it ran out of power, forcing a little reboot. This has allowed them to get it up and running, and stop whatever it was that had crashed the software.
I wonder how long the progress bar was? :whistle:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/04/galaxy_15/
A few thousand miles? :whistle: