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					Originally Posted by  ZenGum
					 
				 
				But if we pay $800,000,000 for access to US Satellite data, are they paying us rent for the three bases they have here?  And do they "check" the data before passing it along?   
			
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 I have no idea. But the answer to the second part is No, if you believe a book called Chatter. He does a whole chapter on the SatCom bases in Aussie land.