WildBlue to Showcase 18 Mbps Service

[xrayman]

WildBlue to Showcase 18 Mbps Satellite-to-Home Service
"The demonstration, part of an effort to showcase what satellite-delivered broadband can provide for rural residents, will be held at the Colorado State Capitol on April 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m."
http://ivr.tmcnet.com/topics/ivr-voi...me-service.htm

[Jeff]

I don't understand the point of the demonstration -- are there any plans to provide such speed plans to customers in the forseeable future?

[FMJ]

Sure, if you want to pay $500 a month.

[Jeff]

That could still be a game changer, but I fear it might be much more than that.

[Doug Huffman]

Let the Porkulous Act pay for it! Atlas is shrugging.

[FMJ]

I doubt that regular customers will ever see the benefit of this.

[News]

Originally Posted by Jeff

I don't understand the point of the demonstration -- are there any plans to provide such speed plans to customers in the forseeable future?

I doubt it...unless you live where spot beams are not fully used....then you might inquire.

[YellowHammer]

Originally Posted by FMJ

I doubt that regular customers will ever see the benefit of this.

I don't doubt that regular customers will receive reduced quality of service when the porkers start hogging the bandwidth.

[Jeff]

I don't doubt that regular customers will receive reduced quality of service when the porkers start hogging the bandwidth.

Are you a porker for what you use now?

[News]

Originally Posted by FMJ

I doubt that regular customers will ever see the benefit of this.

I think this "show/tell" is for the next generation bird....and I would not be surprised if this demo is being done via Dish's bird...it won't be operational until middle of this year for WB consumers.

To do 18 Mbps...means about 50% of a 36 Mhz transponder capacity is being consumed, when using a traditional transponder/equipment....you can get higher bitrates with newer equipment....but....I assume the bird has to be designed around higher bitrate usage.

[YellowHammer]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Are you a porker for what you use now?

Good question. Is 3GB/mo too much for a family of 4 with 2 computers?

[mj911sc]

I wonder if all the customers of WB will see their service suddenly stop working during this amazing showing?

[News]

Originally Posted by YellowHammer

porkers start hogging the bandwidth.

ViaSat-1: Transforming Satellite Broadband

[N4ST]

Originally Posted by Jeff

I don't understand the point of the demonstration -- are there any plans to provide such speed plans to customers in the forseeable future?

Could just be a demo (and like Via-Sat's video) designed to support a "broadband to the masses" proposal to snag some of the millions that BO/Congress are throwing in that direction.

[Jeff]

I guess the questio will be how feasible is this "order of magnitude increase" satellite, how much will it cost, and how long will it take to deploy?