Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version VT2.0 1/4/84; site vortex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) Newsgroups: net.news.adm Subject: satellite broadcast of netnews Message-ID: <238@vortex.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Jan-84 20:55:08 EST Article-I.D.: vortex.238 Posted: Sun Jan 29 20:55:08 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:47:35 EST Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 20 My initial inquiries to some possible distribution sources have met with luke-warm to warm responses, so it appears that this actually may happen. Note that if a particular site is already in an area that has cable, they will most likely be able to receive data with only the netnews decoder box being needed. Areas without cable would either continue to use conventional telephone techniques or could spring for an RO dish (I can get units that would suffice for slightly over $1000, most likely). Note that the bandwidth of a broadcast vertical interval data signal (assuming 4 video lines used per field) is about 50 Kbytes/sec. This rate is so high that very high levels of redundancy and error-correction could be easily included. The cycle of articles would also repeat at a high rate so that any missed articles could be picked up on the next cycle. This is all in the planning stages, so please don't ask me for too many more details yet... --Lauren--