Antezeta Web Marketing (English): Astra2Connect and Tooway close the Internet digital divide with satellite to home service, maybe.
Andrey Golub
· 1 year ago
bravo, the article is well done and, without doubt, will be useful to many!
In the section on Other DSL Broadband Alternatives, Mobile Internet should be included. As an example, MOBI is the first wifi router / SIP mobile broadband solution (54Mbps data rates) available in the Italian market.
Excellent research Sean! if you ask for feedback... VSAT (call it whatever you like, but VSAT has been around for years and that's it what is offered) or (I don't remember how it is called) the one with the return channel by land (usually phone line), always had obstacles: - Costs, always, always high; what you have noted are fair use offers because the sellers are desperate (see the broad band coverage statistics) and are trying the consumer market. But in the end, the price is the same. - Latency, isn't just a simple delay in opening a web page. It is something much more serious, In my experience IP over DVB latency is usually higher than that the one stated by the provider, because it is measured in ideal conditions which are always far from reality. And if the latency is a delay of about 2000ms in any TCP connection that happens, then one must consider not only the opening of a page, but every image, every script, every css .. in reality you have the feeling that you are browsing with dial up or in the best case with a single ISDN channel. On the other hand, the "bandwidth" does becomes broadband after the connection is established; you can take advantage of higher download speeds, but not in reality because of their fair use conditions.
In the end, what's the point of broadband if you're not allowed to use it: Web browsing is slow, you can not download large files, p2p applications do not work due to either latency or the NAT (all VSAT providers operate NAT)?
VSAT was a connection type that was used in shared mode by the digital divide worldwide (Africa, Asia, Latin America), by ISPs who use it as backhaul and sell Internet access to end-users.
It was never defined as broadband. Neither has the technology been changed nor the prices. The conclusion is clear I think ...
Tom
· 1 year ago
Some comments on the feedback from Michael: indeed latency is an issue when using TCP/IP of satellite. However, using techniques like TCP acceleration and HTTP-pre-fetching and compression, the performance has been greatly improved, where the delay in comparison with DSL or cable is almost comparable. Further enhanced with modern traffic shaping, the broadband experience really exists on VSAT. Modern systems like Sat3Play (www.newtec.eu/sat3play) use this kind of technology.
To be honest, your arguments are outdated, so please try broadband over satellite. You'll be surprised !
Petr Vecek
· 1 year ago
it is very useful but what about DVB-RCS? On a good satellite you can have upload 512 kbps using an antenna 75 cm diam. It is much faster than Astra2connect for.ex. Only terminal is expensive...
Tom
· 1 year ago
Petr, 512kbps on Astra2Connect will be possible soon too, but the choice for lower return speeds is influenced by more than just technical possibilities. Also the cost to have 512kbps in return is an element, which will be reflected in higher monthly subscription fees (as with DSL). And indeed you're right, DVB-RCS is much more expensive than Astra2Connect (factor 2 to 3 more expensive).
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In the section on Other DSL Broadband Alternatives, Mobile Internet should be included.
As an example, MOBI is the first wifi router / SIP mobile broadband solution (54Mbps data rates) available in the Italian
market.
Further information in English is available here:
http://www.italiamobile.mobi/
if you ask for feedback...
VSAT (call it whatever you like, but VSAT has been around for years and that's it what is offered) or (I
don't remember how it is called) the one with the return channel by land
(usually phone line), always had obstacles:
- Costs, always, always high; what you have noted are fair use offers
because the sellers are desperate (see the broad band coverage
statistics) and are trying the consumer market. But in the end, the
price is the same.
- Latency, isn't just a simple delay in opening a web page. It is
something much more serious, In my experience IP over DVB latency is
usually higher than that the one stated by the provider, because it is measured in ideal
conditions which are always far from reality. And if the latency is a delay
of about 2000ms in any TCP connection that happens, then one must
consider not only the opening of a page, but every image, every script,
every css .. in reality you have the feeling that you are browsing with
dial up or in the best case with a single ISDN channel. On the other
hand, the "bandwidth" does becomes broadband after the connection is
established; you can take advantage of higher download speeds, but not
in reality because of their fair use conditions.
In the end, what's the point of broadband if you're not allowed to use
it: Web browsing is slow, you can not download large files, p2p
applications do not work due to either latency or the NAT (all VSAT
providers operate NAT)?
VSAT was a connection type that was used in shared mode by the digital
divide worldwide (Africa, Asia, Latin America), by ISPs who use it
as backhaul and sell Internet access to end-users.
It was never defined as broadband. Neither has the technology been
changed nor the prices. The conclusion is clear I think ...
To be honest, your arguments are outdated, so please try broadband over satellite. You'll be surprised !