Chris,
You can checkout Tachyon.net, they just launched *two* way broadband
internet access over satellite in march. .9m VSAT dish. Traffic are carried
over MPEG/DVB. Their service targets to small-mid size businesses and is QOS
provisioned. They currently have coverage in Europe/North/South America.
-jaz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Metz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:27 PM
Subject: IP over Satellite Questions/References
> Hi-
> Based on a reference to Dish Network and Gilat I heard the other day on
> CNBC I am suddenly very curious about the use of satellite for broadband
> access to the home or business and IP over Satellite in general. As a
> generalization of the TCP over satellite problems and solutions that have
> been well documented over the last few years I was wondering about the
> following:
>
> - IP/MPEG/DVB? So are IP packets carried in the MPE capabilities of MPEG
> for transmission over DVB systems?
>
> - What about special satellite-specific link layers? Are MPEG frames
> carried inside these L2 protocols?
>
> - How is the satellite uplink for a bidirectional system done? I am
> familiar with the DirecPC approach of using a terrestrial (dial, ISDN)
> uplink from the home. Is the bandwidth symmetrical or asymmetrical?
>
> - How much bandwidth is possible? I see that DirecPC advertises 400Kb.
What
> are the issues that affect how much bandwidth one can use?
>
> Any conferences/tutorials/whitepapers/books that people can recommend to
> learn about this stuff?
>
> Thanks ...
>
>
>
> Chris Metz
> Lead IP Architect
> Solutions Integration
> Service Provider Line of Business
> Cisco Systems
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