Re: [Skunkworks] KDN cut their rates by 90% last week....haventseen any of you skunkers commenting on this issue

*final contribute on this thread* : Aging satellites and cheaper internet via satellite, will it ever happen or the rip off continues? News Skies NSS 703 at 57degrees East ( provides C and Ku-Band coverage into africa also, including internet ). QUESTION : Will the Satellite be de-commissioned or taken over by teleport dealers and the capacity sold at cheaper rates? The sat has already paid its investment and operational costs over the 10 years period. So now it becomes an exploitation tool to the last frontier continents? Orbital Location: 57º East Launch Date: October 1994 *End of Life:* *Q4 2009* Number of Transponders (36 MHz Equivalent): C-band: 38 Ku-band: 20 -- Sign on my car is " L " plates : c#.net