> Not to mention that continued development of terrestrial networks is, IMO, going to further eat geostationary comms' lunch. I absolutely agree on this part,

> Not to mention that continued development of terrestrial networks is, IMO, going to further eat geostationary comms' lunch. I absolutely agree on this part, having been directly involved in geostationary in the past one of the fascinating things to watch was a good portion of Africa disappearing from the target market for two-way geostationary data services, because of all the submarine cables that were installed along the west and east coast of africa, hitting major cities with landing stations, from about 2009 to the present date. Even Mogadishu, Somalia got a cable. There's a big old ugly defunct C band satellite Earth station on the hill above freetown, Sierra Leone that is a perfect example of this..