Satellite TV is Dead, Direct TV just lost 267,000 customers

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Iridium just could not make it an affordable service or provide much in the way of speed other than being able to make satellite internet phone calls.

That latency is really evident when using a satellite phone. When our son was on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East years ago he would call us every so often via satellite phones available on the ship - there was about a 2 second delay both directions. That makes for an interesting conversation!