> Also, they'll be geographically limited--no service out in the middle of the ocean. There's a workaround for this, which is to stick a relay station out in t

> Also, they'll be geographically limited--no service out in the middle of the ocean. There's a workaround for this, which is to stick a relay station out in the middle of the ocean on a ship that bounces the signal to a satellite closer to land. Expensive, but workable for the right price. If there's a high enough density of commercial ships, you might be able to piggyback on the user terminals for this purpose. At the same time the military is likely one of the most interested customers and probably wouldn't be thrilled at relying on the typical distribution of commercial ships.