African New Dawn satellite to launch today

Well, I bet a explosion is the only thing which can save Multichoice now :D
 
Does this have *any* impact on us South Africans?

We've already got fiber broadband, so nobody will be interested in sat.
 
zeyad 001 said:
We have fiber broadband? i thought Telkom was still playing with their copper lines.
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Businesses do. You're right though, it was a poor choice of words. I meant the undersea fiber cables...they outperform sat links in pretty much every way.
 
BlackBox said:
Any idea what the speed and cost is like?
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Generally sat links have massive throughput but also massive lag. i.e. Its unsuitable for anything besides downloading. Cost...not sure...about the same as a high end business ADSL a/c I think.
 
First launch aborted

Cryogenic engine checks were not conclusive during ignition, causing the solid boosters to not engage.
 
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No, you can get it, 2MB download speed uncapped, unshaped for R250/month unfortunately the modem is R250,000.
 
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