IP: FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>

[Note:  This item comes from reader Steve Stroh.  DLH]

At 10:41 -0700 4/19/02, Steve Stroh wrote:
>From: "Steve Stroh" <steve@strohpub.com>
>To: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
>Subject: FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service
>Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:41:50 -0700
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>FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service
>
>Seven companies granted permission to offer high-speed Internet access using
>shared frequencies.
>
>Laura Rohde, IDG News Service
>Friday, April 19, 2002
>
>The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday granted seven
>companies permission to offer services such as broadband Internet over
>satellites.
>
>The satellite companies were given licenses to offer satellite services over
>shared Ku-band frequencies (10.7 GHz through 14.5 GHz), the FCC said in a
>statement.
>
>The FCC granted licenses to Hughes Electronics, in El Segundo, California;
>Boeing in Chicago; Teledesic, in Bellevue, Washington; Virtual Geosatellite,
>in Washington D.C.; and Denali Telecom, SkyBridge, and Loral Space &
>Communications in New York, according to FCC records.
>
>Sharing Satellites
>
>The FCC also approved a sharing method for the satellites that would be
>freely orbiting around the Earth, so as to address the problem of
>interference between the satellites, the U.S. governmental agency said.
>
>"Today we will have seven companies providing services in the Ku-band. But
>it is a very complex sharing arrangement and I'm thankful that we were able
>to work with the industry to come up with this specific type of remedy,"
>said FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy at the hearing, which was broadcast
>over the Internet.
>
>There will be times when interference will occur when various satellites are
>in a direct line of communications and on the same frequency, what is know
>as an "in-line interference event," the FCC said. When that happens, the
>systems involved will split the frequency band for the duration of the event
>to avoid disruption of communications, the FCC said.
>
>"We will now, I think, be able to hold real promise for another platform to
>the home to compete in the broadband space. And that is fabulous because we
>know that more competitors drive down prices and drives more products and
>services to customers," Abernathy said.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve



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