On Sunday 25 February 2007 21:10, Rony wrote:
The World Space satellite radio is a technology that was meant to spread radio to the whole of Asia and Africa. The receivers now start at a Rs. 1500/- one time investment.
So can the world Linux community come together and launch its own satellite with multiple channels,
Amateur radio enthusiasts did send up their satellite. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php Even at these astronomical costs the dn bw is 9600 bps. Completely unsuitable for downloading isos.
A "better" alternative is to talk mtnl /bsnl into providing a download server with free downloads from the server. The poor connectivity problem cannot be solved by satellite without hughe subsidy. And the same subsidy would be better used by conventional methods.
each channel representing a linux
U already have dishtv and cable tv doing exactly this. The wire doesnt care what u send.
brand, like Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Gentoo etc. The downloads will be in the form of serial broadcasts in the form of a programme schedule. A timer in the receiver records the ISO download at that time. A mini HDD inside the receiver can record the data. This helps those who don't have facilities to mount antennas or don't face the satt.
You always have to face the sat.