OW:2.03 Nobody wants the bill

Between January 9 and 16, the satellite communications industry did that thing it always does when the plot thickens: it tried to sprint, build, regulate, standardize, and monetize at the same time, while insisting it’s totally calm. This was a week about permission and positioning in the market sense: who gets to call themselves the safe choice, the sovereign choice, the cheapest choice, the fastest choice, and the “we can do it all” choice without bursting into flames the moment a customer asks for uptime metrics and a service credit clause.

Also, airlines have decided that “free Wi-Fi” is the new “extra legroom,” which is adorable until you remember someone has to deliver that capacity over oceans at peak demand.