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Speaking of Net-in-Orbit (while distributed datahavens have their points, sometimes you'd prefer not to have a given chunk of data on your hard drive - even encrypted with a passphrase), what's the physical setup for rewriteable optical drives? Are there any methods of doing those that will work OK in orbit?
ECHOSTAR TO DELIVER DATA, TOO EchoStar Communications has successfully completed a public test of the technology it will use in cooperation with Intel Corp. and Comstream to deliver data via satellite to subscribers. Transmission rates could be several megabits per second, says EchoStar's director of program management, who adds that the opportunity to download Web content at higher speeds is attractive to people hampered by slow phone lines. "If the download could be made quickly and it could be stashed on their hard drive, that might be something they'd be interested in," he says. In the recent test, subscribers who use EchoStar's system to receive video and audio content were given cards to install in their PCs, enabling them to receive data as well. (Broadcasting & Cable 12 Aug 96 p86)
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