| To: Selectric II who wrote (29959) | 6/29/2024 1:09:39 AM | | From: Maurice Winn | | | | My wife and I went out to celebrate the successful launch, only to find that it was fake news with a script being read rather than reality reported. That is now a normal experience with ubiquitous fake news.
Globalstar is defunct as far as I can tell, clinging to the spectrum hoping to rent it to somebody for terrestrial use. Or whatever it is they're doing. The second constellation's design life was until about now, so they'll be needing constellation three.
That would be pointless if they can't figure out wacky wireless. Hordes of cheap little satellites at low altitude would probably still be worth doing but not if they remain stupid on pricing with arpu their ideal.
Starlink has been unable to figure it out either. It's fascinating. Somewhat like the self destructive madness of starting a war on Russia and refusing to give up when the dopey plans turned to custard.
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| To: Selectric II who wrote (29962) | 7/25/2024 11:00:13 PM | | From: Maurice Winn | | | | I wrote at least a decade ago that Apple should buy Globalstar, fire the ineffectual management and build the world's biggest telecommunications system. Starlink is at a lower altitude so Applelink would have a larger diameter.
But they'd need to learn about Wacky Wireless free megabytes while the system gets filled with millions and billions of happy users. No stupid arpu monthly charges. Users would buy a $10 or more credit that doesn't expire until the megabytes are used, whether it's one second, one minute, one hour, one day, one month, one year, or one decade.
Initially make megabytes 0.0000 cents per megabyte. As the system fills, the price would be increased to balance supply and demand. That way the system would always be available for another user to connect if their need was great enough such as a Mayday call from an airliner. People filling in time watching movie re runs would stop using the service until the price went back to a low enough price.
People who want fixed monthly charges, or a fixed price per megabyte/gigabyte could have those options and avoid peak megabyte prices.
Consumer surplus would be huge and profits would be vast as millions and billions of people and devices would gobble gigabytes galore.
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| To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (29964) | 7/29/2024 2:53:30 AM | | From: Maurice Winn | | | | Hi GG. That looks like another monthly plan arpu system. Those links didn't lead me to buying megabytes that don't expire.
Maybe what I've described for quarter of a century is hidden there somewhere but I couldn't find it.
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| To: Maurice Winn who wrote (29965) | 7/29/2024 12:18:03 PM | | From: Geoff Goodfellow | | | | | mq, the buying of megabytes at $2.10 that don't expire (at QCI/QoS 8 premium data level that VZW postpaid customers get) is summarily effectuated in their MobileX iOS/Android App -- which you probably can't dl as the service is (presently) only available in the US. |
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| To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (29968) | 7/30/2024 12:37:38 AM | | From: Maurice Winn | | | | $2 per gigabyte for terrestrial service is at least on the right planet but is absurdly high. And I bet you have to buy more each month in the usual arpu "plan".
These days fibre can't reach nearly everywhere and satellites can fill in the outback at low cost.
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