[QuadList] Microwave and early TV (was History - what is the REAL story-

[Ted Langdell]

On Apr 28, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:

> based on the linked article's rate of $35 per month per airline  
> mile, a circuit from NYC to LA cost around $86,870 a month for  
> eight consecutive hours of transmission per day,

If you multiply the $86,870 by 12 months and divide by 365 days, and  
then by 8 (hours) you get $357 an hour for the cross-country  
transmission.

Park and others may have current satellite transmission rates for SD  
bandwidth to make a comparison.
One needs to include the up and downlink costs if that's not included  
in just the time on the bird.



Ted Langdell
Secretary

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