[time-nuts] Giove A has become "official" now.

[Jason Rabel]

XM & Sirrius radio relied on a subscriber model, that nobody thought would
work since local FM stations were free to listen to. I know this isn't an
apples-to-apples comparison, but people thought that those satellite
subscription services would bomb too.

Also, if Galileo was under NATO or some "joint" control, who actually has
the master control over the system? Would it operate 100% everywhere even in
areas of conflict where a potential enemy could use it against them?

Jason

> >Why do you think Galileo will not be free for the user of 
> the open service?
> 
> It will, if the satellites ever got up there.
> 
> But the subscription service is what is expected to actually pay
> for Galileo, and that business model strongly hinges on the
> existence of subscribers, none of which have materialized yet.