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- Path: sparky!uunet!ddi1!lrark!rick
- From: rick@lrark.UUCP (Rick Mobley)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.packet
- Subject: Re: NNTP Services via Satellite ??
- Message-ID: <642@lrark.UUCP>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 07:11:31 GMT
- References: <2315@sousa.tay.dec.com> <1992Dec13.090025.4569@netsys.com>
- Organization: Little Rock Arkansas Tech User Group
- Lines: 64
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- In article <1992Dec13.090025.4569@netsys.com> norman@netsys.com (Norman Gillaspie) writes:
- >segrest@bobseg.enet.dec.com writes:
- >
- >
- >>Greetings,
- >
- >>Last week someone told me that there was a NNTP news feed being transmitted
- >>on one of the satellites accessable via a home satellite system. If anyone
- >>can tell me more about this service, I would very much like to hear from them.
- >
- >>Thanks in Advance
- >
- >>--
- >>Bob Segrest
- >>segrest@bobseg.enet.dec.com
- >>KD4PWU
- >
- >Bob,
- >
- > Pagesat Inc. is transmitting a full usenet feed via KU band. Currently
- >about fifty megs a day uncompressed. I belive we are currently getting
- >news via 6 or so nntp sources. The dish size as small as 18" will work.
- >
- > The satellite receiver and transmission system is a high powered
- >narrow band system compared to a video receiver. This kind of eliminates
- >you using a normal home receiver. This same data receiver and transmission
- >system is used to provide traffic and common carrier service from various
- >paging companies to well over 1000 VHF and UHF base stations located on
- >mountain tops.
- >
- > This same transmission system would probably make a good way to
- > feed news and email on a broadcast basis to ham repeaters and radio BBS's.
- >
- > We certainly would entertain providing some bandwidth for Hams. We
- >would need to get some help coordinating this. The company is located in
- >Palo Alto , Ca.
- >
- > If you wish information please Email your Mailing address to
- >pagesat@pagesat.com.
- >
- > norman Gillaspie
- >
- >
- >=============================================================================
- > Norman Gillaspie norman.pagesat.com
- > (v) 415-424-0380 (fax) 415-424-0405 PageSat Inc.
- > For information regarding Pagesat's Satellite delivered usenet news
- > mail to "pagesat@pagesat.com" or call: 415-424-0380 (ask for marketing)
- > .. Delivering 45+ megabytes of Usenet news each day, at 9600 bps ..
- >==============================================================================
-
- Norman,
-
- I sent a message out, but since I have not heard a reply I must assume
- that it didn't arrive. Could you hand deliver this message to get
- information to me? My address is shown below, both Snailmail and UUCP.
-
- Thanks - 73, Rick.
-
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