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In 1999, when we beta tested the first wireless mobile office with satellite broadband Internet, we had something no one else had. Today you can buy these systems for $5,500 fully installed in any RV. We probably had $10,000 in the first system and we had mobile satellite number 34. Today there are thousands of systems. Continuing the story of the beta testing of the first broadband satellite Internet system.
It looks like Canadian based companies for obvious reasons are gaining fast while US companies were stymied by the FCC in recent years forcing communications to move out of the country, however customer bases will be here and many of these companies will have 50,000 subscribers in a very short time, and the mighty American powers will kill off all technology and hardware through acquisitions or set up new systems in the next few years with higher capacities. But don’t discount the team at GM Hughes, Craig McCaw (he’s passionate about the industry), and of course Lockheed and Microsoft. Teledesic, and the other recent alliances and projects show that the world will be more than united and in tune, it will be doing so in real time. Hope that yesterday’s human rights violations disappear in all nations, that religion is put in check and that knowledge is the universal truth. I would like to thank; John Kettlewell, Jon Haugan, Steven Genuser, Stacy, Allen, Steve Ford WB8IMY, Michael Tavern, Frank Morring, Kim Komando, and a few other writers, researchers, and industry experts for all of our research data. We’ve scoured more than 20 magazines over the past year for pieces of the puzzle, and we’ve personally visited all kinds of people across the US to get this information.
At WashGuys we have the latest and best technologies on this planet. We will always be at the forefront of everything that makes us great. And when we say us, we mean the entire US, but of course this costs a lot of money and we like electronic toys, but it’s not for everyone. Ok, back to the chat. TracNet is another pure internet based satellite service and has download speeds of 400 kbps but since it’s not directly bi-directional the upload speed is 14.4 Mbps on a cell phone or at 9600 via satellite, bummer but it works regardless where you are In the US truckers really like this one. It also works about 100 miles offshore in a boat and is good on yachts. Many high-end motorhomes also have this system. TrackNet uses the WiFi 802.11b wireless standard; this is at 11 Mbps, the same as an Ethernet network. The nice thing about this system is that you can be out on the grass in a park doing your job as long as you have the server in your car with the Network Trac antenna set up. Of course, you need some space for all this, but the size of this technology is getting smaller and the price is also coming down. Right now this system costs around $6K. It uses the ExpressVu Bell satellite and requires a 14-inch antenna. Let me know if you want to see what the dome looks like. This will cost an additional $3,000. The cost is $0.99 per minute and after 900 minutes it is only $0.79 per minute. MotoSat system, 12Kbs in download and 1.28Kbs in uplink all satellite, without unlimited use of cell phones for $79 per month. Hell, you can even watch TV on the damn thing.
Gotta love the GM Hughes Spin off diehards. What’s the trick? A 39-inch antenna, not exactly transportable or briefcase. DataStorm is called. Our WashGuy Command Center Antenna is 42 inches tall and 39 inches wide in the shape of an ellipse. However, we think the next wave of technology is where it’s at and we predict this to be where WiFi sits on top of every billboard in the US for uplink and antennas are 5 inches across. high and they automatically track the downlink from the satellite and With this technology and the user codes, each company can help the United States track terrorists and once a terrorist is coded as a whale that has been tagged, always it is known where it is. When will this be? Not long. Give it three, maybe four years tops, five if the FCC doesn’t see its obvious value.
Another system, which may enter the market, is GE Capitals’ Americom Communications Unit. Our founder met the president of Americom once, about 8 years ago, interesting guy. Societe Europeene Des Satellite (SES) added these satellites to its own 28 satellites and 13 in which it has an interest. Because? Have a share of the global seamless broadband conductivity market. This was discussed in the April 2 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology. This means that SES will also control Embratel’s AsiaSat and Brasil StarOne. Other articles to tell the story of all this are; November 13, 2000 AW&SPT and AW&SPT of July 24, 2000. SES is perhaps the most profitable in the entire industry due to backlog contracts of $6.4 billion in June 2001. So what will they do now with other entrants? to the markets? It seems GE was smart to sell and now needs to get back in the game somehow. I see the arrival of a new era. Where information, innovation, safety, security, will change the world. And imagine the power that will give to all the research that is carried out in the world. Very cool. Car Wash Guys is in close contact with these technologies, so we’re able to put a little antenna on every till and talk to the whole company and every team every morning about everything that’s going on via satellite video conferencing. WOW, we’re almost here.
And that’s the story of our Beta Test Project and we’re glad to be a part of Communications History and now we’ve tested the satellite system in every city in the United States with over 10,000 people. Think about it.