Chalk and Cheese - Another Satellite BB provider fails

machalla

Interesting stuff on an article on the Reg about a satellite BB provider failing and the reasons why (in the UK).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/ouranous_down/


"The problem facing Ouranous, and any other satellite provider, is that ADSL coverage in the UK is so good that it is almost impossible to sustain a sufficient customer base to make it economic. The fact that many of the latest internet applications such as VoIP and video conferencing don’t work over satellite, because of the latency in getting signal to and from orbit, also discourages usage.

The success of ADSL is equally a problem for WiMAX deployments, which have failed to find any success in rural areas and are now focusing on providing a backup channel and flexible bandwidth for urban companies."

Sponge Bob

and they in turn bought that last lot to collapse , aramiska

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb438402.htm

SeaSide

machalla wrote:

"The problem facing Ouranous, and any other satellite provider, is that ADSL coverage in the UK is so good that it is almost impossible to sustain a sufficient customer base to make it economic. "

Whereas ADSL coverage in Ireland is so good that satellite will live forever