At 03:58 PM 12/31/97 +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:

Can anyone point me at satellite providers who provide Internet unidirectional (simplex) satellite transmissions at E1 speed (unshared, non-broadcast), other than Interpacket, that cover the Middle East area?

Thanks, Hank

unless you have intelsat connections through comsat and a host country in the middle east, your best bet is using nsn's russian bird. or going with arabsat or israel's new ku bird. (obviously, unless your traffic lands in israel, you can't). the problem is, without specifying *which* area of the middle east you are targeting, the choice of ku spot beams are speculation at best. don't waste your time yet with orion atlantic - they do not have coverage of the middle east. the european broad ku beam covers only europe - its eirp pattern falls off and dies before it gets across the southern border of turkey. besides, you are below ten degrees elevation angle all along eastern europe and turkey, so you cannot get e1 anyway due to link degradation. go to nsn in colorado (http://nsn.net) and enquire about their remarketing program for capacity on rscc express ii. the russians have two global birds (albeit c-band) with crossover coverage of the middle east, and with a large enough g/t by scaling up the size of the receive dish at the receive-only terminal in the middle east, you can push a cheap e1 through it. remember, intelsat is by far the best way to go for coverage, but maybe not recurring cost of space segment lease. nsn can get you to intelsat as well, and intelsat will be the vastly-superior ku-band for dry climates like most of the middle east. either the new intelsat 604 at 69 degrees east longitude, or the newer 704 at 66 degrees east, will provide plenty of power and bandwidth for your purpose. happy new year! randall