Comments on: satellite DSL questions – or other ideas for broadband Internet in rural areas? http://conferencepro.com/2009/11/satellite-dsl-questions-or-other-ideas-for-broadband-internet-in-rural-areas/ Video Conferencing Questions & Latest Trends Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:41:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lord_of_Armenia http://conferencepro.com/2009/11/satellite-dsl-questions-or-other-ideas-for-broadband-internet-in-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Lord_of_Armenia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:36:53 +0000 http://conferencepro.com/2009/11/satellite-dsl-questions-or-other-ideas-for-broadband-internet-in-rural-areas/#comment-414 1) its hard to say how much exposure you need to the sky. All you really need is to be able to get a stable signal from some satellite. Fortunately for you there are several up in the air, so Its probably not a big problem. 2) Your dish should be looking at a bird in geosync orbit, so that satellite isn't moving with respect to you. If it works, it should always work. There is of course times where atmospheric interpherence may cause you to lose signal. 3) You're right about the delay. Satellite is usually good for long downloads, but has poor response time for web-browsing as well as playing games. I suspect that video-conferencing and VOIP would also suffer as well. 4) In my experience, there isn't a big difference between 'traditional' DSL and cable. You only notice the difference when downloading big files. 5) Rural areas always get screwed because the providers can't make money off of them. It is unlikely that you'll get more than basic services anytime in the near future. 1) its hard to say how much exposure you need to the sky. All you really need is to be able to get a stable signal from some satellite. Fortunately for you there are several up in the air, so Its probably not a big problem.

2) Your dish should be looking at a bird in geosync orbit, so that satellite isn’t moving with respect to you. If it works, it should always work. There is of course times where atmospheric interpherence may cause you to lose signal.

3) You’re right about the delay. Satellite is usually good for long downloads, but has poor response time for web-browsing as well as playing games. I suspect that video-conferencing and VOIP would also suffer as well.

4) In my experience, there isn’t a big difference between ‘traditional’ DSL and cable. You only notice the difference when downloading big files.

5) Rural areas always get screwed because the providers can’t make money off of them. It is unlikely that you’ll get more than basic services anytime in the near future.

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