[jjtheblunt]

Aren’t you overlooking constraints on transmit power for mobile transmitters being better served my low earth orbit than higher orbits?

[Jtsummers]

They're also overlooking the actual prices of GEO satellites versus LEO. LEO is much cheaper than GEO, there's a reason DOD and others are moving towards it and it's not that it's a fad. GEO has a few specific benefits but cost is not one of them.

[jjtheblunt]

great point; agreed