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It looks like O3b (funded by Google, HSBC, and John Malone) is actually building a new satellite Internet infrastructure. They're launching satellites into Midd
by mqt 18y ago
It looks like O3b (funded by Google, HSBC, and John Malone) is actually building a new satellite Internet infrastructure. They're launching satellites into Middle Earth Orbit instead of Geostationary Earth Orbit to cut the latency in half. The maximum download speed will apparently be 10Gbps. I think the idea is that they'll use this infrastructure as a backbone for ISPs in remote regions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O3b_Networks,_Ltd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O3b_Networks,_Ltd.
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/ http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-bas...
- markessien 18y agoThe wikipedia link does not work. Cutting the latency in half is not saying a lot, because satellite connections have huge latency on the upstream. Any concrete data on what the latency will look like?
- mqt 18y agoThe URL isn't parsed correctly. Add a period to the end of the link or search for "O3b" on Wikipedia. We don't know what the latency will be until they launch but, theoretically, since they're launching the satellites into Middle Earth Orbit, the signal only has to travel half as far as the current satellites up in Geostationary Orbit. Google is also offering Google Apps and perhaps the caching servers we've heard in recent news to the local ISPs.