Satellite
broadband offers two-way Internet access
via satellites. Your
computer, through a special
satellite modem, broadcasts requests to a satellite dish that sits on top of
your home or business. The dish then sends and receives signals from satellites
that orbit some 22,000 miles above the equator. As long as your dish maintains a
clear view of the southern sky (in the U.S.), you receive broadband
Internet access.* Currently, satellite broadband is
slower in both the
uplink and
downlink, when compared to a DSL Internet service,
for example.
See also IoS (Internet over Satellite)
* [Source: Adapted from
Small Business Computing]
