Broadband satellite resigned to smallest niches

Just a decade ago, satellite companies such as Loral Skynet seemed poised to offer widespread broadband services. But with the remarkable growth of cable, DSL and other ground-based broadband services, the satellite industry doesn't "expect anything more than the tiniest fraction of a percent to be connected by satellite broadband," according to the president of Hughes Network Systems Europe.

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This story published in USTelecom dailyLead® on 06/07/2006





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