On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:29 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com> writes:
When I was working with Svalbard, Internet connectivity was through a satellite link at about 2.5 degrees elevation looking through a notch in the mountains. I don't think it has changed
It has, as Steinar says.
For those interested in the necessary elevation at 78 degrees north, I found a nice picture of the antennas here: http://www.mydarc.de/la0by/isfjord.jpg
There aren't any mountains in front of the the antennas. However there is a mountain between Isfjord Radio and Longyearbyen (the main settlement), requiring a relay station on the radio link between these.
The NyAlesund SGO http://siempre.arcus.org/4DACTION/wi_alias_fsDrawPage/1/107 is some distance North of Longyearbyen (how many places can say that ?), and I used to have a nice picture, which alas I cannot find, of the satellite link (not the 20 meter dish in the picture) apparently pointing at the mountains. It does indeed have fiber now, and has been used for eVLBI http://www.haystack.mit.edu/tech/vlbi/evlbi/index.html Regards Marshall
Bjørn