[gaijin]

It will mean you can make calls, have video meetings and play combat games from atop Everest, from your yacht in the middle of the Pacific, etc.

Probably in about 5 or 6 years.

And you can tell Comcast & AT&T to f*ck off.

[gaijin]

Oh, wow, I can see the military will be a yuge customer:

Infantry could have a simple headset and have perfect commo, no more heavy radios.

[knarf]

It will mean I save a ton of money on paper and ink because of the many friends of mine that don't have internet access at home like I have.

I copy/paste and print a ton o'stuff but the videos I enjoy (Crouder, f'rinstance and almost NONE of my friends have ever heard him) can not be transferred so easily.

And don't give me that cel phone crap .... EVERYONE enjoys a movie theater and THAT'S what a 17" (plus) monitor is over a couple of inches square.

Cel technology tracks you everywhere but my PC just sits here and trys to block the CIA at every turn.

[Ozark Tom]

Continuous service to the more northern U.S. states and southern Canada in about 12 months, once about 800 nodes are placed in orbit.