abuse of terminology was Re: [geeks] Booze and Religion and DIETS

[Dave McGuire]

On March 11, Kris Kirby wrote:
> >   I was putting a SkyCache dish antenna up in my backyard in Maryland
> > about four years ago, and a neighbor walked by and said "hey, you got
> > a satellite!"  I responded with "no, General Electric has the
> > satellite, I just catch the RF with this antenna."  He walked away
> > very confused, and probably thought I was nuts.
> 
> IIRC, Hughes owns the VSAT birds.

  They do indeed...but they're not using those. :)

> Is SkyCache still in business?

  Yup.  Called "Cidera" for the past few years, though.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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