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Re: Alternative Satellite news feed needed

  • From: Marshall Eubanks
  • Date: Thu Oct 02 15:32:06 2003

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
 Sean Donelan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> > I have found a possible source of satellite bandwidth for this, assuming a
> > critical mass of users could be accumulated to pay for it. Interested
> parties
> > should send me an email off list please.
> 
> If a critical mass of users could be accumulated to pay for it, I imagine
> Cidera would still be in business.
> 

When I last looked into them in depth, which was a while ago (2001), they seemed 
very top heavy, set up to distribute streaming media over satellite for
a market and price point that never materialized.

> Is USENET still a cost-effective way to distribute porn and pirated
> software?
> 
> 

I have no clue. I just know that there is possibility to replace it. 
Anyone have any idea how many ISP's got the usenet feed ?

Marshall