LangsuanMan Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 CNN) -- A Thai-owned communications satellite was launched early Thursday off French Guiana, officials said. Billed as the world's largest, the satellite will provide Internet access and multimedia services for the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and New Zealand. The launch of the satellite was set for 6:39 GMT Thursday (2:39 a.m. ET), but was more than an hour and a half late after the countdown was halted at the 7-minute mark. The Web site of Arianespace, the company that conducted the launch, said the delay was called during the two-hour launch window to verify telemetry readings from the Ariane 5 launcher. The satellite, called Thaicom 4, will be operated by Shin Satellite, a company owned by the family of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and is the fourth satellite launched by the company. It weighs more than 7 tons and cost $400 million, and was built by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California The satellite has bandwidth capacity of 45 gigabytes per second and will route data through 18 gateways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom_Jao_Choo Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 LangsuanMan said:CNN) The launch of the satellite was set for 6:39 GMT Thursday (2:39 a.m. ET), but was more than an hour and a half late after the countdown was halted at the 7-minute mark. I don't know but couldn't help chuckle noticing they were keeping up with Thai norms. I'll bet they were running out for som tam, no matter what they report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passingthru69 Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Just wondering seeing how who the owner is. Will they be monitoring all emails??? Might be good reading from bg asking their sponsors for money and how they miss them.. :hubba: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 It will mean that if you are in a remote area with no internet you'l be able to get it at a reasonable price. Final pricing will be announced soon. Schools and places will get internet, and it will mean my business, which is providing education to remote regional and disadvantaged regions of asia will have a chance to grow. It is the largest commercial satllite EVER to be launched, and is also the most cutting edge. The "Big" guys who run the other satellite systems are looking very carefully as it is cutting edge and possibly very efficient technology. While "iPSTAR" has been available for a a few years, it was a "trial" system running on other satellites, and had very little of the efficiency of iPSTAR or the beam shape and power adaption of iPSTAR. If you;d like your "girl" to have a small internet cafe and education business in her small village, PM me! DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Several years ago, a foreign company wanted to launch a FREE ISP in Thailand. It would be advertising supported. But you can guess who shot that down very quickly. No way he was going to let people have a free ISP instead of paying for his own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 It means shit lag times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 yes i can guess who sattelite internet is actually too expensive. with all the new technologies like VDSL, WiMax etc. better and cheaper solutions are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Free ISP's have always been a dream but never worked, how many are there in the world that are successful? Lag time is better than no time! WiMAX - not proven technology, how do you do VDSL in a village, cost of DSLAM too high, too reach rural and remote areas cost effictively Satellite is the only way to go, and iPSTAR is the most efficient. OOK - lets look at Korea, most REAL broadband to the home anywhare in the world AND one of the largest Satellite users. WiMAX VDSL are terms to through around, but getting content pushed forward to the DSLAMs, servers ect Satellite multicasting is the best way to go. What is killing 3G? Satellite! (Look at SK Telecom and TU Media, again, the ONLY place in the world with true multicasting to hadnheld deivces, phones PDA's etc.) DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 are you talking about using satellite for access or backbone? WiMax (in Korea they call it WiBro) should be a technology that also works for rural areas covering 50-70 km around a base station. talking about Korea, its VDSL is really fast (50 MBpS). but next technologies (WiBro, FTTH) are around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LangsuanMan Posted August 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 samak said:are you talking about using satellite for access or backbone? Exactly samak. The whole purpose for the question. The problem all along in Thailand has been the "pipes" getting out of the country. ADSL in it's infancy in Thailand was fast but only for local content. My question was directed toward our experts on whether or not this new satellite would finally allow Thailand to bypass the inefficient undersea cable(s) that connect it to the backbone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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