Cidera shuts down

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Just received this from Cidera:

"We regret to inform you that Cidera has discontinued its netnews and caching services effective immediately.

We wished to provide you with more advanced notification of this termination of service, but unfortunately we were not able to do so.

The current economic situation has been difficult for us and for our customers, and we wish all of you the best of luck and good fortune with your businesses. Everyone at Cidera feels it has been a privilege to serve you."

I am now in need of obtaining a new source for news that is satellite based. Can anyone offer any suggestions
and or recommendations? All information is appreciated!

Regards,
Jeff

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satellite usenet does not appear to be very profitable...

http://www.cidera.com/services/usenet_news/ - discontinued
http://www.planetc.com/satellite/ - discontinued
http://www.isp-sat.com/ - discontinued?

I could only find one company still advertising satellite newsfeed service:
http://www.skyserv.com/

-Dan

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> I am now in need of obtaining a new source for news that is satellite based. Can anyone offer any suggestions
> and or recommendations? All information is appreciated!

satellite usenet does not appear to be very profitable...

Tis a shame. Satellite data broadcast of common content is an economical way to share common data. AS378 was getting 20Mb/sec of prefetched web content and Usenet news for all of $800/month before Cidera/Skycache shut down its service in Europe a year ago.

-Hank