Re: connectivity outside the US

[Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>]

> High orbit, geosyncronous sattelites do not stand much of a chance against
> land lines as the latency on the links is quite high.  [...]

Long latency is not automatically bad.  It is bad for interactive traffic,
but if the bandwidth is high enough to reduce congestion to zero, a large
latency doesn't hurt bulky transfers at all.  Netnews, for example, could
be distributed via satellite without hurting anybody's lookers or feelers.