Avanti Communications Share Discussion Threads

[yorgi] 24/11/2010 08:07

As usual David Williams gives confident account of AVN

[share_shark] 24/11/2010 08:00

Okay, okay, I have taken the hint. I wont bore you to death today but it is to show the shorters that there ARE longs here, as well.




HYLAS 1, designed and built by Astrium for the satellite broadband operator Avanti Communications, is scheduled to be launched on November 26 between 6.39pm and 9.54pm GMT

[yorgi] 24/11/2010 07:41

Thanks Goneawol, listening to it now

[goneawol] 24/11/2010 07:04

David Williams on Radio 5 this morning (Wake up to money)



Starts about 22m:19s

[yorgi] 23/11/2010 22:41

See what I can do Wendsworth :-)......if I have to !

[horneblower] 23/11/2010 21:47

Use the pre-launch MM games to buy at around £6. Put in a limit order for the next two days.

[wendsworth] 23/11/2010 20:46

yorgi : Appreciate your humour. Looks like pre-launch 'hat eating' is the most likely outcome. Can I suggest I cloth cap?! If the event should happen could you post the obligatory picture ?!

togo2 : Sensible. You'll see from my previous posts that I'd been underwriting my holding.Sold some at 682 ..although that might appear cheap post launch! Just have a funny feeling that whichever way this goes the MMs will make life difficult in the short term.

Whatever share you invest in its never easy and things always look clearer in retrospect!

[yorgi] 23/11/2010 18:24

Wendsworth....Begining to look like i will have to look my hat out or.....maybe make one of something tasty.....but I still hope not, but not a good day :-)

[togo2] 23/11/2010 17:58

Happy to have sold a third of my holding for 670 yesterday wish I had sold the lot!

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 17:56

Wheres me coat I am going !.

[strollingmolby] 23/11/2010 17:55

sharky! You've the night off!

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 17:54

LOL Snap !

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 17:53

EU to Launch Dedicated Broadband Satellite


By Jennifer Baker, IDG News

There is light at the end of the tunnel for the estimated 20 million Europeans who cannot get high-quality broadband access. On Friday a new satellite will be launched that will deliver broadband Internet access to consumers and businesses across the European Union.

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Although broadband Internet is the main application, the system is designed to ensure the easy inclusion of other communications applications such as HDTV broadcasting and data distribution services at a later date. Hylas can also respond to a dynamic business environment and adapt to changes in market requirements for broadband and broadcast satellite services, according to the ESA.

Hylas has been designed using the advanced Ku- and Ka-band payloads. The Ka-band provides coverage of selected parts of Europe where the greatest commercial opportunities exist for broadband service provision via satellite. Ka-band spot beams will also mean reduced costs for end users as they allow efficient point-to-point communication with low-cost equipment. This means that Hylas will be able to deliver high-quality broadband services at a price comparable with terrestrial services, Avanti said

The Hylas project started in December 2005 and following this week's launch from Kourou in French Guyane, there will be a year-long demonstration phase, during which the flexibility of the payload and a series of advanced broadband applications will be demonstrated.

[strollingmolby] 23/11/2010 17:53

I've given share_shark the night off! Here's the next newsworthy item:


November 23, 2010 by Peter Judge

British-based Avanti will beat Eutelsat to the punch, launching a Ka-Band satellite for rural broadband this Friday

With governments failing to provide rural broadband, Avanti Communications claims to have leapt ahead in the race to launch satellites which can solve the problem.

The HYLAS1 satellite, which will launch this Friday 26 November, can cover most of Europe, providing up to 10Mbps broadband at a cost of around £25 a month, to areas which have not got good copper or fibre Internet connection.

[ib1905] 23/11/2010 16:41

V good captain

[horneblower] 23/11/2010 16:28

My hat's a pork-pie. ☺

[ib1905] 23/11/2010 16:14

Wendsworth - I am sure I offered to eat my hat in Tesco's some days ago if this went wrong and still do so ... didn't see yorgi's offer to do same but hat eating competition's always a crowd pleaser!

[carinis] 23/11/2010 15:53

MM shaking the tree to scare current holders to get some more stock ready for buying spree after the launch

[abwr75] 23/11/2010 15:52

Penny Sleuth have just changed their date to the 26th Nov - so everything will be OK - Ha Ha - taken them a while!

[jeanpenty] 23/11/2010 15:36

Lets hope the North Koreans don't shoot it down

[wendsworth] 23/11/2010 15:35

yorgi : I'm not trying to talk this share down neither am I looking to buy any more shares . If these BBs are to be worthy of reference then there has to be room for candour...otherwise ..why bother?

All I'm endeavouring to do is to inject a sense of reality into the debate. I lost money on being carried away with TW' share recommendations in 2000/2001 and believe me it is not pleasant to become rapidly aware that one has overpaid significantly for a share in a tech company.

With the share price currently 629.5p on the bid one has to ask ' are you still intending to eat your hat on Thursday' ?

With my current holding I shall be delighted with a successful launch and this share trading up towards £10 but I'm not banking on it.

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 15:11

Nah, regret I am one of the lower untermention and do not have a Masters degree.

When I have, I may then sit back like the idle rich and let my man work himself to death for me.

[smarm] 23/11/2010 15:08

share_shark - you are working too hard. Sit back, relax in a radox bath and wait for Monday.

S

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 14:57

Long read. mentions AVN,if you squint well.

[share_shark] 23/11/2010 14:53

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