Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania

[nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU (CVL staff member Nate Sammons)]

writes Matthew J Ghio:
>
>profitable venture, but getting a high bandwidth net connection in the
>middle of the ocean would increase startup costs.  Telecom, electricity,

Well, a satellite dish can transfer around 100MB (megaBytes, not bits)
per second.  I'm not too sure how much this kind of link costs, but I
would also assume that the Oceania people aren't going to go without a 
network conection to start.

-nate

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