From yivanov@cmu.edu Thu Mar 16 09:22:59 1995
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From: yivanov@cmu.edu (Yuki Ivanov)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located?

One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites?
Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden.

If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt?

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=== Yuki Ivanov ===
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"When every node is whole, the channel opens."

From ksantos@utexas.edu Thu Mar 16 20:06:59 1995
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Mar16.092259.7288@cmu.edu>, yivanov@cmu.edu (Yuki Ivanov) writes:
> Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located?

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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=== Kirsty Santos ===
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"Hold for relay."

From ksmirnov@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 18 20:52:59 1995
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Mar16.092259.7288@cmu.edu>, yivanov@cmu.edu (Yuki Ivanov) writes:
> Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located?

When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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=== Kirsty Smirnov ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik
"The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."