24 Aug
2004
24 Aug
'04
3:19 p.m.
Robert Bonomi wrote:
Getting significant bandwidth on a satellite link, for any extended period, takes a *lot* of advance negotiation and arrangements.
Significant bandwidth is also quite relative term. One transponder can carry about 45Mbps maximum and a satellite has only a few dozen of them. It also gets quite expensive quite quickly. Carrying a gigabit across satellite is not feasible with technology available. Pete