USA TalkBack directly to Mike Sharsky Security, security, security. That's the big problem I foresee with 'Satinet' service. Think again, if satellite service becomes widespread.
Nothing is easier to monitor and intercept than satellite transmission.
The government, in particular, is very, very good at it. Anything you want kept private had better not be blasted off through the atmosphere and into space, bouncing off a hunk of machinery that's easily monitored, then back down. Even if satellites are only used for downloads, that's still an incredible amount of data from which it would be laughably easy to slurp. Oh, I can just see intelligence agencies everywhere fervently hoping that satellite Interrnet service takes hold. The Internet has already been a Godsend for snoops.