[Techtalk] Satellite Internet

[Helen]

The following web page takes you to a company that sells this service in
Canada.
http://canadiansatelliteinternet.com/
Others are listed here that could give you more information. Satellite
Internet or vsat terminals are very common for large companies that use
similar services as an example debit machines.
http://www.jabanetworks.us/soluciones_de_enlaces_inalambricos.html

 Satellite Internet or vsat terminals are very common for large companies
that use similar services as an example for their debit machines. It is also
kept as a backup to terrestial lines.  With that in mind, besides cost, the
service is reliable.

Helen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alvin Goats" <agoats at compuserve.com>
Cc: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Satellite Internet


> Since this is an international group, what country, state/province are
> you in? What's available varies between countries and regional entities
> inside the country.
>
> As for the cost:
>
> The transmitters for satellite uplink are expensive. Typically gallium
> arsenide power amplifiers (silicon doesn't operate that well at these
> high frequencies), the wafers thinned after fab with brittle "air
> bridges" that frequently are damaged during the thinning process. You
> are paying for that and an extra set of circuitry to transmit as well as
> receive, typically in the 12-22 GigaHertz and 27 to 32 GigaHertz
> frequencies (consider this to be about the same as 12-22 Gigabit/s and
> 27-32 Gigabit/s and you might be able to understand the cost better).
>
> Beware that as other people in your satellite viewable area use these
> uplinks, you'll start experiencing the same issues that exist with
> locall wireless lans with reduced speed, though it should never be as
> bad as 14.4k.
>
> Alvin
>
> Maluvia wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Just wondering if anyone has satellite internet access, and if so, could
tell me how it is working for them.
> >
> > After the past few weeks of truly horrible dial-up connections
(averaging about 14.4kbps on a good day, and unable to connect at all on the
bad ones), in addition to the growing tension of trying to juggle internet
access time between several family members all wanting to spend more time
online, I'm at my wit's end.
> > (Just to be clear: we live in a remote area, and cable and DSL are not
available out here.)
> >
> > I've been reading up on Starband, but it is a big hardware investment:
$500 for residential installs, and $1500+ for mobile access, and
~$70+/month.
> > I'd like to know it's really going to work if we're going to sink that
much money into it.
> > (I'm also unclear exactly how the multi-user aspect of it is
implemented.)
> >
> > Any feedback would be appreciated.
> >
> > -Maluvia
> >
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