subject: Satellite Broadband Is A Good Internet Connection In Certain Situations [print this page] Satellite broadband has certainly come of age with the constant improvements to the technology. These improvements have allowed satellite broadband to spread into areas where there is less competition by the wired cable service companies. These companies have concentrated their efforts on heavy populated areas. While cable connection is still the fastest connection, it might not be available in the remote areas serviced by the satellite connection service. Another good choice is DSL, but it too has it's location boundaries, not reaching into remote and very rural areas.
Satellite broadband really isn't that hard to understand. Basically all it consists of is a internet connection via a satellite. The usual system components include a dish that is a connection to the satellite. This dish is provided by a network subscription service that requires paying a monthly fee, just like cable or DSL. The perfect connection setup would be broadband from a cable or phone line, but sometimes the area will dictate what service you have available to choose from. As modern as the world has become, it is hard to imagine places where cable and phone service is non existent in this twenty first century.
If you are lucky in some remote area to have the option of dial up, that would mean you have a phone line being used. However the stark reality of this internet service, is that this technology would be considered an ancient relic compared to what is currently available for internet service. It has the speed of a lazy sight seeing turtle and can no longer keep up with the speed required to enjoy the many websites or produce documents at acceptable productions speeds. The downloading speeds will shut you out of too many websites. The pros say that dial up is 35 to 40 times slower than satellite broadband. Folks, that is snail steps. In remote areas, broadband satellite has changed lives.
Unless you just absolutely will not deal with the drawbacks which naturally come with satellite broadband, you most likely will have to do without the internet. However, if the drawbacks are not a deal breaker, a connection is better than no connection. While the cost is certainly more and the complexity being what it is, much more complex than cable or DSL, there is help even for these issues. Government subsidies or the internet company provider are very good sources to get some relief, but this too will depend on where you live. Other signal issues include natural occurring high winds and heavy cloud cover, but they don't seem to last long.
Because the signal has to go such a long way there is sometimes a delay in getting and seeing the information. This is called latency. For many of the things that you will use the internet for it will have no noticeable effect. Some things though will be difficult if not impossible though. Many people like to spend time online to play games. For games that have more than one player and multiple locations, the players will all need to be on the same time. The latency makes this impossible to do with satellite broadband.
