French satellite operators Eutelsat SA and U.S.-based ViaSat want to leapfrog current and emerging generations of satellite-based broadband, and are putting money behind the effort, according to the Wall Street Journal.
To put the effort into perspective, the ViaSat satellite will have bandwidth exceeding the combined signal capacity of nearly all the two-way commercial communications satellites serving North America, ViaSat calculates. Basically, the two new satellites will offer price-per-bit performance an order of magnitude better than the advanced satellites in orbit today.
For its part, Eutelsat's one new advanced satellite will have a capacity equal to Eutelsat's entire 24-satellite existing fleet.
Each company has committed to separately build and launch a satellite with 10 to 15 times greater capacity than the most-advanced birds already in orbit. The companies say they plan to share some marketing and capital expenditures in securing wholesale customers.
Eutelsat hopes to launch its satellite in 2010, with ViaSat scheduled about a year later. In the U.S., the Internet connections are expected to cost between $49 and $79 a month.
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