The “smart” competitors
Starlink plug and plaser
Starlink plug and plaser hooks into the ISLs of the Starlink network and transfers high amount of data.
Iridium
I think this has been done before but i think it has a pretty low rate.
TDRSS
Tracking and Data Relay system. Continous covarage as this is GEO but lower capacity.
AWS/KSATLite
Should be able to get the latency down to around 25 minutes, but this is still more than what we can achieve. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3452296.3472932
The “stupid” competitors
Building more ground stations
Arguments for
Arguments against
The price of building out new ground stations. Still not able to get down to the latencies we are talking about Is essentially the same as just using AWS/KSAT